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European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of military expenditure. On December 12th, the Financial Times reported that some European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of national defense expenditure in their gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% to 3%, which will bring budgetary pressure to many European countries.German regulators investigate potential abuse of electricity price increases.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.

The Brazilian real fell by 1% against the US dollar, the worst among emerging market currencies.The composite index of Athens Stock Exchange of Greece closed up 0.36% at 1469.32 points, up 0.88% this week.The Russell 2000 index fell by 1% in the day.

US lawmakers say it is too early to lift sanctions against Syria, and US Republican and Democratic senators say it is too early to consider lifting sanctions against Syria after President Assad steps down, which shows that Washington is unlikely to change its policy in the short term.WTI crude oil rose 1.5% in the day to 70.71 USD/barrel.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.