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S&P: Mexico may take a pragmatic attitude when negotiating with the United States on bilateral issues.A few ETFs in the U.S. stock market closed up, with semiconductor ETFs rising by more than 2.5%. This week, biotechnology ETFs fell by more than 3.3%, while optional consumer ETFs rose by more than 1.1%. On Friday (December 13th), semiconductor ETFs closed up by 2.51%, global technology stock index ETFs rose by 0.87%, technology ETFs rose by 0.43%, and optional consumer ETFs rose by 0.4%.US officials said that the US military had sent Travis Timmerman, an American detained in Syria, out of the country.

Trump is considering abolishing some banking regulators. It is reported that Trump's transition team began to explore the possibility of significantly reducing, integrating or abolishing the top banking regulator. According to people familiar with the matter, in a recent meeting with the heads of potential banking supervision departments, Trump consultants and officials of the newly established government efficiency department raised a question, that is, whether Trump can withdraw the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The aides also asked the potential chairman of the FDIC and the nominee for the director of the Office of Monetary Supervision (OCC) whether deposit insurance can be deposited in the Ministry of Finance if the FDIC is cut.Standard & Poor's: With the strong economic growth, the tight fiscal system is supporting the rapid reconstruction of Cyprus' fiscal buffer.Turkish Foreign Minister: We hope to see an inclusive government in Syria.

Diesel exports along the Gulf Coast soared to a record high in early December last year.Coca-Cola Brazil invested R $550 million (US$ 91 million) to expand the concentrated solution plant in Amazon.Major European stock indexes closed down across the board, with Germany's DAX index down 0.10% to 20405.92, France's CAC40 index down 0.15% to 7409.57, and Britain's FTSE 100 index down 0.14% to 8300.33.