Qatar Energy has signed a 27-year agreement with Italian oil company Eni to supply liquefied natural gas to Italy.

The United States wants more time to prepare for possible attacks by Iran-backed groups against U.S. interests, the New York Times reported, citing U.S. officials, adding that such attacks could increase when Israel launches an offensive.

According to the New York Times, citing U.S. officials, Washington suggested that Israel delay its ground offensive in Gaza to buy time to negotiate with Hamas over the 212 hostages taken and to provide more aid to Palestinian civilians.

British Ministry of Defense: The continued increase in military spending is very likely to exacerbate inflationary pressures in Russia. In addition, continued increases in military spending will force the Russian government to make difficult decisions on how to fund military operations, which may increase financial pressure on Russian businesses.

According to Spanish Confidential: The European Central Bank may tighten capital requirements for Santander and BBVA.

Bank of Korea Governor Lee Chang-yong: The Bank of Korea reduced the inflation rate by 1.5 percentage points through interest rate increases.

According to i24news: The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out strikes on more than 320 Hamas targets in Gaza in the past day, including terrorist infrastructure such as tunnels and observation posts. In addition, the Israeli army is making preparations for a ground offensive.

Market news: Vietnam stated that investment expenditures by some government departments were less than 10%.

According to CNN: India’s humanitarian aid to Gaza arrived in Egypt on Sunday.

According to CNN: Israeli President Herzog claimed that instructions for making chemical weapons for use on civilian targets were found in a USB drive found on the body of a Hamas terrorist involved in the October 7 attack. The Israeli government has provided no indication that Hamas militants involved in the October 7 attack had the means to carry out a chemical weapons attack.

According to RIA Novosti: The Ukrainian Armed Forces said that an infrastructure warehouse in Odessa Oblast in southern Ukraine was damaged.

Bank of Korea Governor Lee Chang-yong: The Middle East crisis is more potential risk than the Fed’s policy.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian army lost 870 soldiers in the past day, as well as 12 tanks, 22 armored vehicles, 25 artillery systems and 2 air defense systems.

[Roche reaches final agreement to acquire Telavant] Roche announced on October 23 that it has reached a final agreement to acquire Telavant Holdings. Under the terms of the agreement, Roche will pay $7.1 billion in upfront payments and $150 million in near-term milestone payments.

The Philippine stock index fell 1% to 6,080.79 points.

Citigroup (CN): Our base case is that 2024 could see record gold prices.

Citi: The short-term momentum model predicts crude oil prices will rise at the end of the month and generate a neutral-bullish signal for ICE Brent over the next 5-10 days.

Citigroup (CN) predicts that due to the geopolitical situation in the Middle East and the unwinding of the oil market, the scale of commodity assets under management will rebound significantly in October, reaching a level of US$700 billion.

Ukrainian Air Force: Destroyed 14 drones and 1 cruise missile launched by Russia during the night.

Market News: The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 14 drones and a cruise missile launched by Russia overnight.