COMEX gold futures fell below $1,950 per ounce, down 0.26% on the day.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanian: If 120,000 people leave Karabakh for Armenia, there may be a serious refugee crisis.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanyan: Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan need to hold an emergency meeting for dialogue.

Vardanyan, a former senior Karabakh official: Nearly 100 people have died and hundreds have been injured.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanyan: Azerbaijan’s bombing campaign has continued from last night to today.

The British FTSE 100 index opened up 21.23 points, or 0.28%, at 7681.43 points on September 20 (Wednesday); the French CAC40 index opened up 0.17 points, or 0.00%, at 7282.29 points at the opening on September 20 (Wednesday); the Italian Rich The MIB index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 8.37 points, or 0.03%, to 28766.00 points; the German DAX30 index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 24.57 points, or 0.16%, to 15689.05 points; the Spanish IBEX35 index 9 On September 20 (Wednesday), it opened up 25.15 points, or 0.26%, to 9545.15 points; the European Stoxx 50 Index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 2.55 points, or 0.06%, to 4245.25 points.

The spread between 10-year UK and German bond yields narrowed to 155 basis points, the lowest level in four months.

After the UK inflation data was released, UK government bond yields rose, with the 2-year yield falling 11 basis points to 4.89%.

Swiss Government: CPI is expected to be 1.9% in 2024 (previous forecast was +1.5%).

Swiss Government: CPI is expected to be 2.2% in 2023 (previous forecast was +2.3%).

The Swiss government: It believes that the global economy may take longer to recover from the challenges of the past few years, and will take longer than the June forecast assumed.

The Swiss government expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 1.3% in 2023 and 1.2% in 2024.

European Central Bank Executive Committee Member Panetta: Fiscal policy should be counter-cyclical to stabilize economic fluctuations while promoting public investment to support potential growth.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Hunt: (on inflation data) We can’t have any more borrowing sprees now.

Gazprom: It will continue to deliver natural gas to Europe through Ukraine, with a delivery volume of 42.4 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

U.S. crude oil futures fell $1 to $90.20 per barrel.

European benchmark natural gas futures rose as much as 5.4% to 38.75 euros/MWh.

The overnight index swap curve shows that the probability of the Bank of England pausing to raise interest rates continues to rise on Thursday, now at 45% (from 20% on Tuesday).

Traders are betting that the Bank of England will have just one rate hike left in this cycle of 25 basis points.