Affected by the Christmas holiday, stock markets in many places closed early today

Due to the Christmas holiday, the Hong Kong stock market will begin a holiday this afternoon and will be closed for the next two days; the U.S. stock market will close early today at 02:00 Beijing time on the 25th and will be closed tomorrow; the German and Italian stock markets will be closed starting today, while the French, British, and Spanish stock markets will close early today and will be closed for the next two days.

Today, trading for precious metals, energy, and foreign exchange futures contracts under the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will end early at 02:45 Beijing time on the 25th, and stock index futures trading will end early at 02:15 Beijing time on the 25th; trading for Brent crude oil futures contracts under the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) will end early at 03:00 Beijing time on the 25th.