American polls show that half of Americans lack confidence in Trump's ability to nominate qualified cabinet members. A recent poll by the Associated Press -NORC Public Affairs Research Center shows that half of Americans lack confidence in President-elect Trump's ability to nominate qualified people for the new cabinet or key administrative positions. According to the survey results, 55% of American respondents have "a little confidence" or "no confidence at all" in Trump's ability to select qualified candidates during his second term, and another 27% have "very confidence". The poll was conducted from December 5 to 9, and the respondents were 1251 American adults, with a margin of error of 3.7 percentage points.British Prime Minister's Spokesman: Stamer told G7 that Assad should be welcomed to step down, but we must be cautious about what happens next.Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman: Kiev tried to use the resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency on nuclear power plants to divert the world's attention from the attack on the employees of the agency.Anteris Technologies Global Corp. (AVR)' s U.S. IPO opened flat on the first day, at $6. This medical equipment supplier aims to improve the quality of life of patients with aortic stenosis.The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.
Abbott's share price quickly fell to 1%.Shanghai Nickel closed down over 2%, Shanghai Tin fell over 1%, alumina rose about 1%, international copper closed down 0.51%, Shanghai Copper closed down 0.51%, Shanghai Aluminum closed down 0.22%, Shanghai Zinc closed up 0.25%, Shanghai Lead closed down 0.69%, Shanghai Nickel closed down 2.40% and Shanghai Tin closed down 1.62%. Alumina closed up 1.09% at night. Stainless steel night plate closed down 0.92%.The Russian Defense Ministry said that within one week (December 7-13), the Russian army eliminated 12,090 Ukrainian troops in a special military operation against Ukraine.