BlockBeats News, December 24 — Due to the Christmas holiday, the Hong Kong stock market will close starting this afternoon and will remain closed for the next two days; the US stock market will close early today at 02:00 Beijing time, and will be closed for one day tomorrow; the German and Italian stock markets will be closed starting today, while the French, UK, and Spanish stock markets will close early today and remain closed for the next two days. Today, trading of precious metals, energy, and forex futures contracts under CME will end early at 02:45 Beijing time on December 25, and trading of stock index futures contracts will end early at 02:15 Beijing time on December 25; Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Brent crude oil futures trading will end early at 03:00 Beijing time on December 25.