Financial markets in many parts of the world will close early today

New Year's Day is approaching, and many financial markets have entered a holiday break in advance.

The stock markets in Japan and South Korea are closed today; the Australian stock market closed early at 11:10 AM Beijing time; the Hong Kong stock market will close randomly between 12:08 PM and 12:10 PM; the stock markets in Germany and Italy are closed, while those in France, the UK, and Spain will close early between 8:00 PM and 9:00 PM; there is no night trading on domestic futures exchanges today; U.S. Treasury futures contracts are only traded from 3:00 PM to 3:30 AM on the 1st; the Brent crude oil futures trading on the Intercontinental Exchange will end early at 4:00 AM on the 1st. Investors are advised to pay attention. (Jin Shi)