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The chairman of Japan's trade union called on the government to speed up its efforts to raise wages, and the chairman of Japan's Metal Workers' Union urged the government to speed up the pace of wage increase, while expressing concern about the premature tightening measures taken by the Bank of Japan. Akihiro Kaneko, president of the Board of Directors of the Japan Metal Workers' Union, said that we need to see the situation improve this year when talking about the government's measures to help small and medium-sized enterprises pass on costs to consumers through the supply chain. If we put off this effort for five or ten years, there will never be any improvement. Kaneko's remarks come as Japan prepares for annual wage negotiations, which will culminate this spring. In next year's negotiations, the union announced a record target of a monthly salary increase of 12,000 yen (US$ 79) or more. Kaneko said that we need to send a clear message that our salary increase target (this year) is higher.The Central Finger Research Institute: In November, the price of second-hand houses in Beijing narrowed by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month. On December 11th, the Central Finger Research Institute released a map of the price of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November 2024, 18,763 sets of second-hand houses were sold in Beijing, up 8% from the previous month and 49.6% from the same period last year. The cumulative turnover from January to November increased by 8.2% compared with the same period last year. In terms of price, in November, the price of second-hand housing in Beijing fell by 0.12% month-on-month, narrowing by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month.The cement building materials sector rose sharply, Yatai Group had a daily limit in the afternoon, and Honglu Steel Structure, Fujian Cement, Jinyu Group, hangxiao and Tianshan were among the top gainers.

For the second day in a row, the price of domestic gold ornaments rose by 10 yuan/gram compared with yesterday. The price of gold ornaments in many jewelry stores was 812 yuan/gram, while the price of gold ornaments in Zhou Shengsheng and Laomiao was slightly higher, 814 yuan/gram and 813 yuan/gram respectively.Australia's S&P/ASX200 index closed down 39.40 points, or 0.47%, at 8353.60 points on Wednesday, December 11th.Barclays lowered its target share price of Nike from $81 to $79.

At midday, the main contract of alumina futures opened lower, and now it is down nearly 3% to 5101 yuan/ton. In the news, according to Shanghai Nonferrous Metals, on December 10th, 30,000 tons of alumina was sold overseas, with a transaction price of $680/mt FOB Western Australia, and the shipping date was in late January/early February.Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.5% to 8,353.60 points.The decline of treasury bonds futures narrowed in the afternoon, with the 30-year main contract falling by 0.05%, the 10-year main contract falling by 0.06%, the 5-year main contract falling by 0.08% and the 2-year main contract falling by 0.04%.