**[Fed Minutes Become Next Week's Market Focus, Precious Metal Prices Hit Record Highs]** Despite the holiday closure of external markets due to Christmas, gold, silver, and platinum prices have all reached record highs, continuing the strong year-end rally in precious metals. With New Year's Day approaching next week, global financial market liquidity is expected to remain at low levels, and trading volumes will be significantly below normal. The opening trend for 2026 may have to wait until the second week of January. Key events attracting market attention include: - Tuesday (December 30) at 03:00, the Federal Reserve will release the minutes of its monetary policy meeting. - Wednesday at 21:30, U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending December 27. - Friday at 22:45, the final reading of the U.S. December S&P Global Manufacturing PMI. Due to the Christmas and New Year's holidays, there are no scheduled public speeches by Fed officials or major central banks next week. The Fed's December meeting minutes will become the focal point, as investors look for clues about the timing of rate cuts and policymakers' views on inflation.