The European Commission expects EU-27 corn imports to be 17 million tonnes in 2023/24, unchanged from its July forecast.

The European Commission expects available maize production in the EU-27 at 61.7 million tonnes in 2023/24, up from 63 million tonnes in July.

The European Commission expects common wheat ending stocks in the EU-27 countries to be 16.3 million tons in 2023/24, compared with 17.4 million tons in July.

The European Commission expects available common wheat production in the EU-27 to be 126.1 million tonnes in 2023/24, up from 126.4 million tonnes in July.

Market news: McHenry, chairman of the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee, urged the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Committee to reconsider the proposed standard changes.

Dropbox (DBX.O) straight up and turned up, now up more than 2%.

Brazilian President Lula: Brazil will support Angola, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria to join BRICS.

Brazilian President Lula: BRICS countries are more humble than G7 countries, not only on economic issues.

Brazilian President Lula: We must make Ukrainian President Zelensky and Russian President Putin think about peace.

Brazilian President Lula: G7 and BRICS meetings will be very important.

Brazilian President Lula: For the first time, the countries of the South can exert their power.

Brazilian President Lula: BRICS will set up a trade unit in Russia within a year.

Brazilian President Lula: BRICS will abandon the dollar as a trade currency.

Brazilian President Lula: With the addition of new members, the purchasing power parity GDP of the BRICS countries has reached 37%.

The New York Times: Pentagon to begin F-16 training for Ukrainian pilots in U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: It takes time to wait for expertise.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: We will wait for what the investigators say.

Bitcoin fell back below $26,000 per coin, down 2.21% on the day.

NZD/USD is down 1.00% on the day and is now at 0.5920.