The main coking coal contract fell 2.00% during the day and is currently at 1,749.50 yuan/ton.

The U.S. 5-year Treasury bond yield rose 10 basis points to 4.82%.

Apple (AAPL.O) launches new Apple Pen.

Bank of America CFO: Expected to achieve net profit of $14 billion in the fourth quarter.

U.S. Department of Defense: Approximately 2,000 U.S. military personnel are on high alert, but no decision has been made to deploy any troops.

The United States Red Book commercial retail sales for the week ending October 14th had an annual rate of 4.3%, compared with the previous value of 4%.

Russian agricultural consulting company Sovecon: lowered its forecast of Russian wheat production from 91.6 million tons to 91.4 million tons.

Bank of America CFO: Commercial lending demand declines.

Bank of America CEO Moynihan said that Bank of America is controlling expenses and does not need to lay off large-scale layoffs.

German bonds continued their decline, with the 10-year government bond yield rising 8 basis points to 2.86%.

The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yield rose 10 basis points to 4.95%.

Financial website Forexlive commented on U.S. retail sales data in September: Retail sales were stronger than expected across the board. This report shows that consumers have not flinched and economic growth in the third quarter is strong.

German 2-year bond yields rose 4.9 basis points to 3.204%.

U.S. stock futures continued to fall following the release of September retail sales data.

U.S. core retail sales in September were US$569.655 billion, compared with the previous value of US$564.027 billion.

The Hungarian forint rose 0.5% against the euro, reaching its highest level since September 21.

Tip: Canada’s housing starts data for September has not yet been released.