The Kremlin reiterated its call for an early ceasefire in the Middle East, with a solution based on the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Spot gold fell by $5 in the short term and is currently at $1,966.62 per ounce.

Italian Energy Minister: Italy is expected to consume about 60 billion cubic meters of natural gas by 2030 and export at least 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas.

International Energy Agency (IEA): New LNG projects will increase global gas supplies starting in 2025.

Italian Energy Minister: Italy has begun natural gas supply negotiations with Austria and Bavaria.

Market news: South African power utility Eskom launches plan to import electricity.

Barclays (BCS.N) chief financial officer: Barclays is committed to cutting costs while delivering returns to investors.

RBA Chairman Bullock: Policy settings are not "behind the curve".

Market News: A freed Israeli hostage said she was taken into tunnels inside the Gaza Strip that looked like a "spider web".

RBA Chairman Bullock: There will be no tolerance for changes in the inflation outlook.

Market news: The released Israeli hostages said they were beaten by Gazan armed men when they were brought into Gaza.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Bullock: The Reserve Bank of Australia has adopted a more cautious policy approach than the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. We have always been aware that we want to avoid an economic recession.

International Energy Agency (IEA): The current crisis in the Middle East could have a profound impact on oil markets.

RBA Chairman Bullock: The RBA does not target the unemployment rate.

Swedish central bank president Teden: The Swedish central bank plans to make a request for capital injection in early 2024.

RBA Chairman Bullock: Inflation expectations remain relatively stable.

Swedish central bank president Teden: The Swedish central bank needs a capital injection of nearly 80 billion Swedish kronor.

Riden Bank President Teden: Negative assets will not have a short-term impact.

Swedish central bank president Teden: The Swedish central bank needs to restore capital.

Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Bullock: Real disposable income of households has been "hardly hit".