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European natural gas futures fell by more than 11% this week, and the EU carbon tax fell by about 6%. At the end of the European market on Friday (December 13th), ICE UK natural gas futures fell by 3.41% to 102.560p/kcal, with a cumulative decline of 11.49% this week. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.57% to 41.030 Euro/MWh, down 11.67% this week. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.80% to 64.25 euros/ton, down 5.94% this week.Fitch: Adjust the outlook of Uzbekistan to negative.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index rose to 0.6%.

The total number of wells drilled in the week of December 13th in the United States was 589, with the previous value of 589.US Secretary of State Blinken visited Baghdad to discuss the Syrian issue with Iraqi Prime Minister. On December 13th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken visited the Iraqi capital Baghdad and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani on the Syrian issue. The State Council has not announced the itinerary of Blinken's visit before.NVIDIA position stock SoundHound AI soared nearly 16% in intraday trading, and has risen over 650% year-to-date, far exceeding NVIDIA's growth rate.

Iraqi Prime Minister: No party is allowed to invade Syrian territory. When meeting with visiting US Secretary of State Blinken in Baghdad on the 13th, Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani said that no party is allowed to invade Syrian territory.American natural gas futures fell more than 5% and are now reported at $3.277 per million British heat.Germany, France, Britain and other foreign ministers issued statements in support of Ukraine's accession to NATO, and European foreign ministers and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Karl á s issued a joint statement in Berlin, Germany on the 12th, expressing support for increasing military, economic and financial assistance to Ukraine and continuing to support Ukraine's accession to NATO and the European Union. According to German media reports, the meeting was convened by German Foreign Minister Berber and attended by foreign ministers from France, Britain, Italy, Spain and Poland. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how the United States should respond if it reduces its aid to Ukraine. The German Foreign Ministry said on its official website that many foreign ministers said at the meeting that Europe would mobilize more resources to help Ukraine and commit itself to providing unbreakable security guarantees to Ukraine, including providing reliable and long-term military and financial support.