Spot palladium fell 2.00% on the day and is now at $1,223.14 per ounce.

Baker Hughes Oilfield Services: Received "significant" natural gas technology equipment order contract, to be confirmed in the third quarter.

The New Zealand dollar NZD/USD fell more than 0.50% on the day and is now at 0.5968.

Russian Energy Sector: Urals crude oil prices averaged $83.08 per barrel in September.

Brazilian economists expect USD/BRL to reach 5.02 by the end of 2024, from 5.00 previously.

Brazilian economists expect USD/BRL to reach 4.95 by the end of 2023, the same as before.

Brazilian economists predict that the SELIC interest rate will be 11.75% at the end of 2023 and 9% at the end of 2024, both unchanged from before.

Brazilian economists predict that the inflation rate will be 4.86% in 2023, compared with 4.86% previously; and the inflation rate in 2024 will be 3.87%, compared with 3.86% previously. The GDP growth rate in 2023 is 2.92%, and the GDP growth rate in 2024 is 1.50%, both of which are the same as the previous forecast.

The chief of staff of the Serbian army denied that the Serbian army was involved in the shooting in Kosovo and said that the number of army troops near Kosovo has been reduced to 4,500.

The Russian ruble continued its decline, and the USD/RUB exchange rate of the US dollar against the Russian ruble broke through the 99 mark, a new high since August 15.

Croatian Prime Minister: EU will discuss possible measures against Serbia.

CEO of Italian oil company Eni: We need an oil price that allows us to invest, we need an oil price that is not detrimental to consumers, and we need a balanced situation.

UAE Energy Minister: Investment is needed to make oil prices reasonable.

Market News: The European Commission unlocks an additional 1.4 billion euros for pre-financing of the EU’s regeneration programme.

UAE Energy Minister: As long as there is demand, we have the ability to produce because we are the lowest-cost producer.

UAE Energy Minister: The UAE will more than double its natural gas export capacity to smooth the transition from coal to natural gas.

UAE Energy Minister: The new quota structure announced at the June meeting is to ensure that the UAE and other countries can share production fairly.

UAE Minister of Energy: The UAE plans to reach an oil production capacity of 5 million barrels per day by 2027.

Kremlin: We predict that conflict fatigue will continue to grow in both Europe and the United States.

Kremlin (on US interim spending bill not including aid to Ukraine): The US will remain involved in this conflict.