British Prime Minister's Spokesman: Stamer told G7 that Assad should be welcomed to step down, but we must be cautious about what happens next.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.
Citigroup raised the target price of Broadcom from $205.00 to $220.00.Bank of America Securities lowered the target price of Thermo Fisher Scientific Shier Technology from $675.00 to $660.00.Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 1.4%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th, to 376.43 points, with a cumulative decline of more than 2.27% this week. Novo Nordisk closed down 3.9%, the worst performance among the constituent stocks.
London cocoa futures rose more than 4% to 8516 pounds a ton. New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a ton.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.U.S. stocks continued to fall, with the Dow Jones index dropping 104.99 points, or 0.24%. The Nasdaq Composite Index recently fell 59.41 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 index recently fell 13.86 points, or 0.23%.