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Middle East Conflict
*According to sources, delegations from the United States and Iran will hold negotiations in Islamabad, Pakistan, later this week.
*The U.S. State Department issued a statement after the tripartite Washington talks between Israel, Lebanon and the United States, saying that the participants had a fruitful discussion on various measures to promote direct negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.
Industrial Economy
*The General Office of the State Council issued on April 14 the “Several Opinions on Improving the Mechanism for Drug Price Formation”, proposing 14 measures, including optimizing the initial pricing mechanism for newly launched drugs such as innovative drugs, leveraging the guiding role of medical insurance payment standards in drug price formation, guiding pharmacies to set reasonable drug retail prices, and strengthening the supply guarantee and price stabilization of drugs in shortage.
*SK Hynix plans to reduce its shipments of sixth-generation High Bandwidth Memory (HBM4) to NVIDIA this year by approximately 20% to 30% compared to the original plan, reportedly due to difficulties NVIDIA is facing in mass-producing its Vera Rubin chips.
International Relationship
*President Xi Jinping met with Khalid, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The two sides exchanged views on the current situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region. Xi Jinping emphasised China’s principled position of persuading and promoting peace talks, and reiterated that it will continue to play a constructive role in this regard.
Financial
*The Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) has announced adjustments to the price limits and margin requirements for certain futures contracts.
Apr 14 Block Trade Info
*Discount
– Wanchen Food Group (300972 CH) saw 2 block trades worth 245.54mn at 174.46yuan per share, 10.00pct discount from last closing.
– R&G Pharmastudies (301333 CH) saw 12 block trades worth 51.32mn at 63.33yuan per share, 4.38pct discount from last closing.
– Actblue (300816 CH) saw 1 block trades worth 46.34mn at 57.93yuan per share, 13.01pct discount from last closing.
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