Global news you need to know before Monday's U.S. stock market opens

Zou Lan, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank: Support Hong Kong to increase the scale of RMB business funding arrangements from 100 billion to 200 billion.

U.S. durable goods orders in November increased by 5.3% month-on-month, the largest increase in six months.

According to The Wall Street Journal: Market forecasts indicate that the likelihood of a new round of government shutdown in the U.S. is close to 80%.

The yen continues to rise! Kōshi Sōmai strengthens signals for currency market intervention, and the ruling coalition will resign if it loses the majority in parliament.

According to Bloomberg, changes in the Bank of Japan's accounts did not provide clear evidence of whether the country intervened in the currency market last Friday.

According to CCTV, the EU Council approved a ban on Russian natural gas.

NVIDIA plans to enter the Arm PC chip market, with Lenovo and Dell likely to adopt it first.

The Trump administration will invest in a U.S. rare earth company, holding a 10% stake worth $1.6 billion.

A $50 billion data center deal is stalled, and SoftBank has paused its acquisition of Switch.

Zijin Mining plans to acquire Allied Gold for CAD 5.5 billion, accelerating its entry into the core gold mining area in West Africa.

Yuanbao AI offers a 1 billion yuan red envelope for the Spring Festival! Ma Huateng: Hope to recreate the glory of WeChat red envelopes from years ago.

With U.S.-Japan intervention and expectations of a government shutdown, gold rises above 5,100, silver breaks through 110, the yen rebounds strongly, and U.S. stocks fall across the board.

The Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.8%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.09%, and the Hang Seng Index closed up 0.06%