Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Wednesday

Precious metals collectively plunged, with spot silver dropping 5% intraday, and the key commodity index rebalancing will begin tomorrow.
The "little non-farm" showed a mild recovery, with the U.S. ADP employment numbers increasing by 41,000 in December, reversing the decline from the previous month.
Eurozone CPI slowed to 2% in December, with market expectations that the European Central Bank will remain "on hold" for a long time.
Venezuela's stock market surged 50% in a single day, with market focus concentrated on oil, infrastructure, and financial services.
Samsung warns: memory costs are soaring, and all electronic products are facing price increases.
Institutions: the memory market has entered a "super bull market," with an expected increase of 40%-50% in the first quarter.
"U.S. demand is too strong," leading to "insufficient inventory," causing Meta to delay its global expansion plan for Ray-Ban smart glasses.
MiniMax IPOs at the highest price on the Hong Kong stock market, with an issuance valuation exceeding HKD 46 billion.
Biotech company Ventyx surged 57% in pre-market trading, with Eli Lilly nearing a deal to acquire the company for over $1 billion.
The Nikkei 225 closed down 1.1%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.05; the Hang Seng Index closed down 0.94%