Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-12-20 00:08Group 1: Precious Metals Futures - Spot gold has surpassed $4,350 per ounce, with a daily increase of 0.41%; it previously broke $4,340 per ounce, rising by 0.17% [1] - New York futures gold has exceeded $4,380 per ounce, with a daily rise of 0.36%, having earlier touched $4,370 per ounce, increasing by 0.14% [3][4] - Spot silver has first broken $67 per ounce, with a daily increase of 2.41%, while New York futures silver also surpassed $67 per ounce, rising by 2.74% [5][6] - In the domestic market, the main silver futures contract has increased by 3% to 15,747.00 yuan, having previously risen by 2% to 15,590.00 yuan [7][8] Group 2: Macro and Market Impact - The Director of the White House National Economic Council, Hassett, stated that the core inflation rate is essentially at or below target levels, indicating that the Federal Reserve has ample room for interest rate cuts [10] - Federal Reserve Governor Milan mentioned that the Fed has not initiated a new round of quantitative easing [11] - The University of Michigan survey indicates that short-term and long-term inflation expectations have reached an 11-month low [12] Group 3: Stock Market Performance - The U.S. stock market saw all three major indices close higher, with the Dow Jones up by 0.38%, the Nasdaq rising by 1.31%, and the S&P 500 increasing by 0.89%; major tech stocks such as Micron Technology, Oracle, and AMD rose over 6% [13]