Bank of England monetary policy committee member Dhingra voted in favor of cutting interest rates by 0.25 percentage points.

ECB Executive Board Member Panetta: The ECB may accelerate the pace of interest rate cuts in the coming months.

Hezbollah in Lebanon: The Palestinian Islamic Jihad launched an airstrike on the newly established Western Brigade Command in Yala using a squadron of attack drones and accurately hit the target.

Black Sea CPC blend exports are expected to fall to 4.2 million tonnes in October, down from 4.9 million tonnes planned in September, due to maintenance at the Kashagan field, the sources said.

The Central Bank of Moldova kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.60%.

Bulgaria to investigate companies linked to pagers that exploded in Lebanon

Harris leads Trump 50%-46% in Pennsylvania in the New York Times/Siena poll.

ECB Executive Board Member Schnabel: Sticky services inflation keeps overall inflation high.

Apple (AAPL.O) faces a warning from the European Union to open up its iPhone operating system.

IEA report: Ukraine faces 6,000 MW electricity supply shortage this winter.

Bank of Italy: Foreign investors bought 300 million euros of Italian government bonds in July.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Increase the minimum capital adequacy requirement for LME-listed warehouse companies to £5 million and the minimum insurance compensation to £1 million.

Indian government sources: Indian refiners are jointly negotiating a Russian oil import deal.

The UK FTSE 100 index rose 1.00% during the day.

Norwegian Central Bank: The committee believes that tight monetary policy is still needed to reduce inflation to the target level within a reasonable time frame. The key policy interest rate is expected to be 4.1% in 2025, which is consistent with the June forecast.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Aluminum stocks decreased by 500 tons, copper stocks decreased by 325 tons, nickel stocks increased by 198 tons, lead stocks decreased by 800 tons, tin stocks increased by 35 tons, and zinc stocks increased by 4,950 tons.