Commerzbank: We expect platinum to trade at $1,050 per ounce by mid-2025 and $1,150 per ounce by the end of 2025.

Commerzbank: Raised its silver price forecast for the end of this year to $31 per ounce.

Commerzbank: Raised its gold price forecast for the end of this year and the end of 2025 to $2,600 per ounce.

ECB board member Mueller: Services sector inflation needs to slow further.

ECB board member Mueller: It will be easier to decide whether to cut interest rates in December.

ECB board member Mueller: An October rate cut has not been "completely" ruled out and it is too early to have a strong view on the October meeting.

Source: German economic research institute lowered its economic growth forecast for 2025 to 0.8%, from 1.4% previously, and expects economic growth to be 1.3% in 2026.

Source: German economic research institute lowered its economic forecast for 2024, predicting that the economy will shrink by 0.1% in 2024, compared with the previous forecast of growth of 0.1%.

According to AFP: Air France will extend the suspension of flights to and from Beirut until October 1.

According to Interfax: The Russian Defense Ministry said the flight was in compliance with international regulations.

According to Interfax: The Russian Defense Ministry said two strategic bombers conducted a flight over the neutral waters of the Bering Sea near the west coast of Alaska.

Sri Lankan President Dissanayake appoints Harini Amarasuriya as Prime Minister.

Market news: The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Russian aviation attacked a Ukrainian company that was producing engines for Ukrainian military aircraft.

Kremlin: (Statement on nuclear test) Please pay attention to Putin’s statements on this issue, including his speech in St. Petersburg.

Kremlin: We have no choice but to achieve all our goals in our military operations in Ukraine.

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane and storm surge watches have been issued for portions of the Florida Gulf Coast.

WHO official in Lebanon: Some hospitals are "overwhelmed" by thousands of injured in air strikes.

National Hurricane Center: John is expected to weaken further and rapidly and is forecast to become a tropical depression later today.

UNICEF official: So far, the air strikes in Lebanon have killed at least 35 children, and more children are still missing under the rubble.

National Hurricane Center: John has been upgraded to a tropical storm and is moving northwest. Coastal areas of Southern Mexico will continue to face the risk of life-threatening flash floods in the next few days.