The White House: Vice President Harris spoke with President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

According to ABC News: Independent US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to withdraw from the race by the end of the week.

The inversion between U.S. two-year and 10-year Treasury yields narrowed to 13.8 basis points.

Fed minutes: Many officials said interest rates were at restrictive levels.

U.S. Treasury yields continued to rise after the Federal Reserve minutes supported September easing.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes: Almost all members believe that the decline in inflation will continue.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: We need a mechanism to access the 50 billion frozen Russian assets.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Our operations in the Kursk region of Russia are continuing and we have control over some areas.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: It is vital that our partners fulfill their obligations to provide us with ammunition.

Market news: Biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic has won a contract for 440,000 doses of smallpox and monkeypox vaccines.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of US$321.329 billion from 66 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

U.S. President Joe Biden will speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to negotiate a ceasefire, U.S. officials said.

The yield on the 20-year U.S. Treasury bond rose slightly, but still maintained a downward trend during the day, and was last reported at 4.168%.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the U.S. 20-year Treasury bond auction on August 21 was 2.54, compared with the previous value of 2.68.

SQM executive: We believe that the long-term price of lithium will not be the current price environment. We are very clear that the price will be different in the future, which is why we have a clear investment plan in the lithium field.

SQM executive: We believe that capital expenditures in the lithium industry are very good at the moment.