ChainCatcher message, affected by the Christmas holiday, the Hong Kong stock market will close this afternoon and will not open for the next two days; the US 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 close today, while the French, British, and Spanish stock markets will close early today and will not open for the next two days.

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