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Mckinsey agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of opioids by the U.S. Department of Justice. Mckinsey submitted a five-year deferred prosecution agreement to the federal court in Abingdon, Virginia, and agreed to pay $650 million to settle the criminal investigation of the U.S. Department of Justice on its work in guiding the opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharmaceutical to increase sales. According to court documents, Martin Elling, a former senior partner of McKinsey, agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice because he destroyed McKinsey's consulting records for Purdue Pharmaceutical. He will plead guilty on January 10th next year. Mckinsey has previously reached various settlement agreements totaling nearly $1 billion. The company had previously faced lawsuits in several States in the United States, and was accused of providing sales analysis and marketing advice to pharmaceutical companies such as Purdue Pharmaceutical and Johnson & Johnson, which contributed to the popularity of opioids.The institution is optimistic about these stocks today. On December 13th, as of press time, the institution gave 20 latest buy ratings, among which the target price of 9 stocks was announced:-Cobos was optimistic about UBS Securities, giving a target price of 62.00 yuan; -Yingqu Technology was favored by Guotai Junan with a target price of 19.25 yuan; -Yutong Bus, Jinkong Coal Industry, Dong 'e Ejiao and many other stocks are listed.Increase the countercyclical adjustment of macro policies. A series of reform measures will be introduced next year. From the national development and reform work conference held by the National Development and Reform Commission, we learned that in order to fully implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, we will increase the countercyclical adjustment of macro policies next year, and solidly promote economic stability, structural improvement and development trend. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission said that a more active and promising macro policy will be implemented next year to enhance the consistency of macro policy orientation.

Market news: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva entered the semi-intensive care unit for recovery after surgery.Domestic black futures closed down at night, domestic commodity futures closed mixed at night, and the performance of energy and chemical products was divided. Crude oil rose by 0.83%, fuel oil rose by 0.69%, PTA rose by 0.29%, glass fell by 4.03%, soda ash fell by 2.73% and LPG fell by 1.28%. Black series fell across the board, coking coal fell by 2.05%, coke by 1.97%, rebar by 0.5%, hot rolled coil by 0.43%, iron ore by 0.19% and thermal coal by 0%. Most agricultural products fell, including beans by 1.01%, sugar by 0.9%, Zheng Mian by 0.62%, cotton yarn by 0.58% and rapeseed meal by 0.53%.Shenzhen Stock Exchange: Focus on monitoring "*ST Tongzhou", whose stock price has been fluctuating abnormally recently. Shenzhen Stock Exchange: From December 9 to December 13, this Exchange took self-regulatory measures on 171 abnormal securities trading behaviors, involving abnormal trading situations such as intraday pulling up and suppressing, false declaration, etc. Focus on monitoring "*ST Tongzhou" with abnormal stock price fluctuation recently; A total of 9 major events of listed companies were verified, and 3 clues of suspected illegal cases were reported to the CSRC.

Dow opened up 0.1%, S&P 500 rose 0.3%, Nasdaq rose 0.5%, Broadcom rose 18.7%, and Q4 AI revenue increased 220% year-on-year. Furniture retailer RH rose 15.8% and raised its performance forecast. EVgo rose by 9.0% and was supported by a loan of $1.25 billion from the US Department of Energy. Xpeng Motors fell 3.8% and was downgraded to "sell" by UBS.Unitedhealth group, USA: The suspect in the executive shooting was not a corporate client. On December 13th, a spokesman for unitedhealth group said that Luigi Man Ghione, the suspect in the shooting of Brian Thompson, CEO of United Health Insurance Company, was not a corporate client. Andrew Vitti, CEO of unitedhealth group, expressed his condolences over Thompson's murder in a commentary and said that he understood the public's dissatisfaction with the "defective" health care system in the United States. Vitti said: "Health care is both a personal matter and very complicated. People don't fully understand the reasons behind the underwriting decision, and we are responsible for it. We need to work with employers, governments and other people who pay for medical expenses to improve the way we explain insurance coverage and make decisions. "Institution: The European Central Bank is paying attention to the weakness of the euro. The European Central Bank said yesterday that inflation is slowing down and hinted that it will cut interest rates again. However, Joost Van Leenders, an analyst at Van Lanschot kemen, said in a report that the European Central Bank will pay close attention to the recent weakness of the euro. As the import price rises, a weak currency may push up inflation. The senior investment strategist said that since the current deposit interest rate in the euro zone is 3% and the neutral interest rate is around 2%, the European Central Bank will cut interest rates at least four times. However, European Central Bank President Lagarde stressed that the inflation risk is two-sided.