1. The London Metal Exchange (LME) announced that it would cancel all nickel transactions executed on the OTC and lmeselect screen trading system at 00:00 a.m. London time on March 8 and later, and postpone the delivery of all spot nickel contracts originally scheduled to be delivered on March 9. On Tuesday, LME nickel continued the soaring mode, broke through US $100000 / ton all the way, and then made a slight correction. Since then, LME urgently announced the suspension of nickel futures trading. Before the suspension, the nickel price of LME was fixed at US $80000 / ton, with an increase of 66.4% within the day. LME said that considering the geopolitical situation, it may consider suspension for several days. At present, the margin of LME nickel contract will be calculated based on the closing price on March 7. Other contracts will continue to trade normally, but will be closely watched. This also means that the sky high price of $100000 set by LME nickel on March 8 is deemed invalid.
2. This year, the central bank handed over the balance profits to the central government in accordance with the law, with a total amount of more than 1 trillion yuan, which is mainly used to offset tax rebates and increase transfer payments to local governments, support enterprise relief, stabilize employment and ensure people's livelihood. The central bank said that the balance profit mainly comes from the operating income of foreign exchange reserves in the past few years, which will not increase the burden of taxes or economic entities, nor is it a fiscal deficit. Turning over the balance profits to the central finance according to law will not cause the finance to overdraw from the central bank. The balance profits were handed over in a balanced manner on a monthly basis, and the scale of the central bank's balance sheet remained stable, reflecting the coordination and linkage of monetary and fiscal policies and making joint efforts to stabilize the macro-economic market. 3. One hundred billion "public offering brother" Zhang Kun enlarged the move. E fund announced that the two funds of e fund blue chip selection fund and e fund high-quality selection fund managed by Zhang Kun have adjusted the restrictions on large amount subscription and large amount conversion into business in all sales institutions since March 9, from the previous 10000 yuan to 50000 yuan.
4. US President Biden announced an energy ban against Russia, which will prohibit the United States from importing oil and liquefied natural gas from Russia. The UK announced plans to stop importing Russian oil and corresponding petroleum products by the end of 2022. At present, the UK has not announced whether to stop importing natural gas from Russia. 5. On March 8, affected by the rising prices of bulk commodities in the European and American markets, China's bulk commodity futures showed a large-scale follow-up market. The rise of crude oil set a limit, jinyinqi reached a new high, and nickel, aluminum and Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) rose one after another. Market participants believe that investors should avoid or hedge against the uncertainty of the geographical situation. We should be vigilant against the rising market of warehouse squeeze under the expectation of global supply disturbance, and pay attention to fund management and risk control. 6. At present, there are signs of warming up in the repurchase of A-share market. According to incomplete statistics, from March 7 to 8, nearly 10 A-share listed companies launched repurchase plans, and some listed companies further disclosed the implementation schedule of repurchase on the basis of issuing repurchase plans in the early stage. Analysts said that the repurchase of listed companies will play a positive role in maintaining the company's share price, and the repurchase scale and repurchase proportion have a significant positive effect. 7. LME: it is expected to set a price limit of about 10% for all direct contracts of nickel, which needs further analysis; On the day of trading resumption, the rise and fall were based on the closing price on March 7.
8. Apple launched a new green iphone13 series; The new iPhone 13 will be available on March 18. Apple releases new iphonese; The new iphonese is equipped with a15 bionic chip; The new iPhone e will support 5g network, equipped with 4.7-inch HD retina, including three colors; The new iPhone e starts at $429. Apple releases new iPad air; The new iPad air will be equipped with M1 chip; The new iPad air supports 5g network and upgrades the front camera. The speed of usb-c interface is twice that of the original; Starting at $599.
