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Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC): Extending transitional relief for foreign financial services providers for 12 months.

Hong Kong auto stocks fluctuated and strengthened at the beginning of the session. Brilliance China (01114.HK) rose more than 2%, Leap Motors (09863.HK) rose more than 1%, and Xpeng Motors (09868.HK), BYD Co., Ltd. (01211.HK) followed suit.

Hong Kong stocks met Xiaomian (02408.HK), which broke its first trading day and opened down nearly 29%.

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening down 0.4%, the KITI opening down 0.41%, and the new stock Tianyu Semiconductor (02658.HK), which opened on the first day of listing, fell 34.48%.

Japan’s Ministry of Finance will auction 4.3 trillion yen of short-term government bonds on December 12.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield fell 1.5 basis points to 3.375%.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara: Tax measures for defense funding are being discussed.

According to Fox News: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Noem said that the Trump administration has expanded the travel ban to more than 30 countries.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: Specific monetary policy measures are determined by the Bank of Japan.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: An additional budget has been formulated while taking into account fiscal sustainability.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: Fiscal sustainability will be taken into consideration when formulating the budget for the next fiscal year.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: We will communicate closely with the market and implement appropriate debt management policies.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: Interest rates are determined by many factors. Will pay close attention to market dynamics.

Reuters survey: The median estimate shows that the Reserve Bank of Australia will keep interest rates unchanged at 3.60% in 2026 (previously it was expected to cut interest rates to 3.35%).

Reuters survey: 38 economists surveyed unanimously predict that the Reserve Bank of Australia will keep interest rates unchanged at 3.60% on December 9.

The U.S. military said it conducted a fatal kinetic strike against a ship in international waters in the eastern Pacific on Thursday. Intelligence confirmed that the ship was carrying illegal drugs and was transiting along a known drug trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists on board were killed.

Japan’s foreign exchange reserves in November were US$1,359.4 billion, compared with the previous value of US$1,347.4 billion.

Japan's monthly rate of all household expenditures in October was -3.5%, expected to be 0.7%, and the previous value was -0.7%.

The annual rate of all household expenditures in Japan in October was -3.0%, expected to be 1%, and the previous value was 1.80%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 23.20 points, or 0.27%, on December 5 (Friday), to 8595.20 points.