The cement building materials sector rose sharply, Yatai Group had a daily limit in the afternoon, and Honglu Steel Structure, Fujian Cement, Jinyu Group, hangxiao and Tianshan were among the top gainers.A laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples. It is reported that a laboratory in Australia lost hundreds of deadly virus samples, causing a "major loophole" in biosafety. On December 8th, Queensland Health Minister announced that there are currently 323 bottles of live virus missing. These include nearly 100 bottles of Hendra virus, two bottles of Hantavirus and 223 bottles of rabies virus-all of which are extremely deadly to human beings. The Queensland authorities insist that although these samples can be used as weapons, it is "not something that amateurs can do". The sample was lost in 2021, but investigators did not confirm the leak until August 2023. Queensland authorities waited for a year before being allowed to open the freezer where the samples were stored, and only this month were they able to confirm that the samples were lost. It is not clear where these samples may be or whether they have been destroyed. However, there is no evidence that the public is at risk of infection because of the disappearance of samples.The turnover of Oriental Wealth exceeded 14 billion yuan, down 1.64%.
Hong Kong stocks continued to fall in the afternoon, and the Hang Seng Science and Technology Index fell by 1%, which once rose by more than 1%. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.5%.There will be another high-speed railway station in Xi 'an. According to the news of WeChat official account released by Xi 'an, on December 7th, with the completion of the last concrete pouring, it marked the completion of the underground structure construction of Gaoling Station of Xi 'an-Yan 'an high-speed railway, which was built by Shaanxi Company of Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Railway and Beijing Engineering Bureau Group of China Railway, and entered the construction stage of the above-ground main structure in an all-round way.Barclays lowered its target share price of Nike from $81 to $79.
Airbnb announced the top ten outbound destinations for China users during the Spring Festival holiday. According to Airbnb's data from China, compared with the year-end holidays such as New Year's Day, the search enthusiasm of China users for outbound travel during the Spring Festival holiday has nearly tripled. The top ten outbound destinations are Japan, Thailand, New Zealand, Norway, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia, the United States, Italy and Indonesia, and Asia-Pacific destinations account for seven seats.The Nikkei 225 index just broke through the 39,300.00 mark, and the latest report was 39,302.42, down 0.17% in the day.In the afternoon, the cultural media sector strengthened. Guangdong Media, vision china, Gravitation Media and Jishi Media strengthened. Tianlong Group rose by over 15%, while Palm Reading Technology and Xinhua Media rose rapidly.