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Iran hosted the first four-way meeting of Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia in Tehran today, according to Fars. The group released a short statement afterwards, noting that they had agreed to continuing talks.

Prior was +9.8 Employment 11.6 vs 15.1 prior capex 11.9 vs 8.5 prior New orders 9.3 vs 30.7 prior Prices paid 55.3 vs 52.2 prior Future index 38.1 vs 20.8 prior The survey improved but that new orders reading is sending a conflicting signal from the future index.

Anthropic has filed the IPO that was rumored to be coming today. An interesting bit of trivia is the ‘ant’ mythology.

Brazil’s real weakens 12% as Lula wins reelection

U.S. yields hover near 3-week lows as ahead of Fed decision

Headlines: Major central banks take centre stage this week but will there be any surprises? Oil retreats as Trump refrains from striking Iran over the weekend; risk of attacks keeps the market supported Chart of the day: Gold price tests $4,000 support, is a deeper correction looming?

The UK autumn budget is coming up on 28 October, just a week before the BOE's next monetary policy decision . And with inflation concerns still hanging over the economy , the government's fiscal plans could have a say in how interest rate expectations develop over the coming months.

Sterling today: Pound slips as dollar holds firm ahead of Fed decision

Germany October Ifo business climate index 90.2 vs 90.0 expected Prior 89.9 Germany October Ifo current conditions index 88.8 vs 89.9 expected Prior 89.5 Germany October Ifo expectations index 91.6 vs 90.0 expected Prior 90.4 The breakdownThe survey continues to reaffirm a further improvement in German business sentiment, one that is especially backed by stronger a stronger...

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, the only highlight is the German IFO survey which is expected to remain unchanged at 89.9. The IFO is generally correlated with the German Composite PMI, so we could get lower than expected figures.

This is just a quick heads up for traders before we get too far into the new trading week. If you're wondering why European markets seem to be opening a little later than usual today, well it is because we're back to that time of the year again.

Brazil ETF tumbles nearly 15% in Tokyo after Lula’s comeback runoff win Saudi Arabia to store crude in Singapore caverns from 2027 as Hormuz disruption bites Goldman’s 79-tonne central bank gold estimate goes mainstream as reserves shift to London BOJ to hold at 1.25%, but Ueda signals further hikes toward neutral PBOC sets USD/ CNY reference rate for today at 6.7162 (vs.