Market News: Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, can testify about FTX’s data retention policy.

United Trade Union: The strike vote will last for five weeks, starting on October 27 and ending on December 7.

United Trade Union: Odfjell drillers vote on strike action.

U.S. chip stocks rose, with Nvidia (NVDA.O) rising 1.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rising 1.5% and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) rising 1.4% as Intel issued an upbeat fourth-quarter forecast.

According to German Manager magazine: Volkswagen Group plans to lay off 2,000 employees at its subsidiary CARIAD.

The Brazilian real rose more than 1% against the U.S. dollar in spot trading.

Spot silver rebounded by US$0.16 in the short term and is now trading at US$22.86 per ounce.

Spot gold rebounded by $5 in the short term and is now at $1,987.39 per ounce.

ExxonMobil (XOM.N) CEO: Lithium will be part of future investment portfolios.

German Chancellor Scholz: Progress on the Serbia-Kosovo conflict.

Italian Prime Minister Meloni: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told EU leaders that reaching an agreement on new fiscal rules is an "absolute priority."

The Serbian government said it expects to receive its first gas supplies from Azerbaijan by the end of the year.

Zabotkin, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia: The neutral signal on key interest rates means that we are not very confident about the need for an interest rate hike in December.

European Commission President Von der Leyen: The goal is to limit Russia’s diamond income.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia: We have not discussed additional measures to support the ruble exchange rate.

Chevron (CVX.N) CFO: If the shutdown of the Tamar oil field lasts for the entire quarter, it will have a 1% impact on global production.

Federal Reserve Governor Barr: No decision has been made on central bank digital currencies.

Federal Reserve Governor Barr did not comment on monetary policy or the economic outlook at the 12th Payment Economics Conference.

Nabiullina, Governor of the Central Bank of Russia: We expect to lower interest rates in 2024.

U.S. official: Qatar says it is willing to reconsider Hamas’ presence on its territory.