London Metal Exchange (LME): In August, the proportion of available inventories of Russian-origin aluminum remained unchanged from the previous month, at 81%.

Saudi Arabian Investment Minister: Seeking to invest in green energy, petrochemicals, oil refining and other projects in India.

Saudi Investment Minister: Saudi Arabia wants India to resolve land and other issues for planned Indian refinery project. Saudi Arabia plans to invest $100 billion in India, but there is no specific timetable.

Turkish President Erdogan: The next year will be a difficult period for inflation.

Turkish President Erdogan: Hope to see a continued decline in inflation within a year.

Turkish President Erdogan: It takes time to formulate new economic policies, and the impact of monetary policy will be delayed.

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Hunt: Our focus in the Autumn Statement will be on lowering inflation.

Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rose 7% before the market opened, and Apple extended its chip contract.

Market news: Apple (AAPL.O) will extend its chip contract with Qualcomm (QCOM.O) for three years.

Brazilian economists expect GDP to grow by 2.64% in 2023, up from the previous estimate of 2.56%. GDP growth is expected to be 1.47% in 2024, an increase from the previous estimate of 1.32%.

According to the RIA Novosti news agency citing sources from the Ministry of Defense: Russia shot down a Ukrainian drone in the Kursk region.

British Finance Minister Hunt: The UK-India trade agreement has made good progress and plans to lift mutual investment restrictions in Indian transactions.

Saudi Investment Minister: The center of the global economy has now shifted to the Global South.

Saudi Investment Minister: As we launch our own aviation program, we see India as a key partner.

Svenska Dagbladet quoted unnamed sources as saying that the Swedish government will increase defense spending by 22 billion Swedish kronor in 2024.

EU Economic Commissioner Gentiloni: It is difficult to say that we have defeated inflation now.

EU Economic Commissioner Gentiloni: It is too early to say that we are in a "framework" of stagflation.

Sources said Saudi Aramco will supply the entire contracted volume of crude oil to at least five North Asian refineries in October.

Turkish Finance Minister Simsek: I don’t know that central bank reserves are used to protect the Turkish lira’s exchange rate.