Russia has shot down a drone in Crimea, local authorities said.

ASX: Trade acceptance services have resumed normal operations.

Market news: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will travel to Switzerland from September 9th to 13th.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Global cereal production is forecast to be 2.815 billion tons in 2023, a slight increase from the previous estimate of 2.819 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.9%.

German Institute for Economic Research: Downgraded the forecast for German gross domestic product (GDP) growth to -0.4% in 2023 from -0.2% previously.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Aluminum inventories decreased by 2,000 tons, copper inventories increased by 275 tons, nickel inventories increased by 594 tons, lead inventories decreased by 1,300 tons, tin inventories increased by 120 tons, and zinc inventories decreased by 1,750 tons.

The Indian rupee appreciated 0.3% against the dollar after falling for four consecutive sessions.

Spanish Petroleum Products Strategic Reserve Company (Cores): Spanish natural gas imports in July fell 13.7% year-on-year to 31,702 gigawatt-hours. Of the natural gas imported in July, liquefied natural gas accounted for 64.7 percent, and pipeline imports accounted for 35.3 percent.

World Bank: Vietnam’s room for interest rate cuts is limited given weak credit demand.

World Bank: Vietnam needs to stimulate domestic spending to boost economy.

Trader: A large state-owned bank in India is actively selling dollars, possibly to meet central bank demand.

The yield on British 2-year government bonds fell to 5.090%, the lowest level since July 24 and down 4 basis points from the previous day.

At the opening of European stocks, the European Stoxx 50 index rose 0.47%, the German DAX index rose 0.39%, the British FTSE 100 index rose 0.15%, the French CAC40 index rose 0.13%, and the Italian FTSE MIB index rose 0.37%.

Gazprom: Gas shipments to Europe continue via Ukraine, with 42.4 million cubic meters on Friday.

According to Interfax: Russia successfully prevented a terrorist attack on a railway transportation facility, the Federal Security Service said.

One person was killed and nine others were wounded in a Russian attack in the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvetsyrikh, the local governor said.

[Bank of America: AI hype fades, investors sell technology stocks for the first time in 11 weeks] Bank of America Global Research said on Friday that investors poured money into stocks and bonds in the latest week, but there are signs that the hype surrounding artificial intelligence is fading, with investors selling technology stocks for the first time in 11 weeks. Bank of America quoted data provider EPFR as saying that in the week ended September 6, stock funds had inflows of $2.2 billion, but technology stocks had outflows of $1.7 billion. Bonds saw net inflows of $4 billion, and investors also put $68.4 billion into cash, the largest inflow in nine weeks. In addition, the Japanese stock market suffered its largest capital outflow since May.

Kotecki, member of the Central Bank of Poland: If the deflationary trend is found to be not permanent, the Monetary Policy Committee will revisit the issue of raising interest rates.

Kotecki, a member of the Polish Central Bank: The inflation rate will reach the target as early as 2026.

The UK Debt Management Office (DMO): is seeking market feedback on the possible issuance of 40-year-plus UK government bonds on September 27.