SAUDI-LED COALITION: INTERCEPTED, DESTROYED BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCHED BY HOUTHIS TOWARD NAJRAN

GOLD PRICES DECLINE AMID SURGE IN ETF AND CENTRAL BANK PURCHASES

US CRUDE OIL FUTURES SETTLE 2.39% HIGHER AT $99.47/BBL, UP $2.32

PUTIN SAYS RUSSIA HAS NO PLANS TO GO TO WAR WITH EUROPE

PUTIN ON EASTERN UKRAINE: “THAT’S HISTORICALLY RUSSIAN LAND”

MERCK SAYS THAT IN THE PHASE 3 INTERPATH-001 TRIAL NO NEW SAFETY SIGNALS WERE OBSERVED

MERCK SAYS INTISMERAN PLUS KEYTRUDA SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE RISK OF RECURRENCE OR DEATH BY 42% COMPARED TO KEYTRUDA ALONE, WITH A 58% REDUCTION IN ANOTHER MEASURE, AND THAT THE SAFETY PROFILE WAS GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUSLY REPORTED STUDIES OF THE COMBINATION

ECB LIKELY TO HOLD RATES STEADY IN OCTOBER, WITH FINAL HIKE EXPECTED IN DECEMBER

ANTHROPIC SAYS IT HAS DONATED THE AGENT SKILLS OPEN STANDARD TO THE AGENTIC AI FOUNDATION, ALONG WITH THE AGENT SKILLS NAME, LOGO, GITHUB ORGANIZATION AND DOMAIN, AND HAS PROPOSED A ROADMAP FOR AGENT SKILLS INCLUDING VERSIONED RELEASES AND SECURITY GUIDANCE

MODERNA'S STOCK TUMBLES 14.3% IN HOURS AS $12 BILLION WIPED OUT AMID INSTITUTIONAL SELLING

CANADA'S US TRADE NEGOTIATOR CHARETTE: DON'T EXPECT TO GO BACK TO TARIFF-FREE TRADE WITH THE US

STARLINK SYSTEM WAS WORKING MORE NORMALLY THURSDAY, SHORTLY AFTER THE TRUMP-MUSK CONVERSATION, U.S. AND UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS SAID - WSJ

TRUMP CALLED MUSK AND ASKED HIM TO LIFT UKRAINE STARLINK RESTRICTIONS - WSJ

U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS TODAY MARKS 100 DAYS SINCE CENTCOM FORCES RESUMED AMERICA’S STEEL WALL NAVAL BLOCKADE AGAINST IRAN, ADDING THAT THE EFFORT HAS HELPED PREVENT IRAN FROM EXPORTING AT LEAST $25 BLN WORTH OF CRUDE OIL AND CONSTRAINED THE IRGC’S ABILITY TO FUND PROXY MILITIAS AND CRIMINAL NETWORKS

UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT ZELENSKIY SAYS STARLINK SPEED FOR UKRAINE HAS NOT BEEN RESTORED AND THAT “WE ARE TACKLING THE ISSUE,” ADDING THAT UKRAINE IS READY FOR PEACE TALKS AT THE G20 BUT HAS SO FAR RECEIVED NO SUCH INVITATION

FINLAND'S PM: THERE COULD BE NO GAS DEALS WITH RUSSIA AS LONG AS THE WAR CONTINUES

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION BLOCKS TWO DEVICES FROM THE US MARKET THAT CONTAIN CHINESE-MADE SURVEILLANCE CHIPS PRODUCED BY A SUBSIDIARY OF HUAWEI - AGENCY

ISRAELI SENIOR OFFICERS: NO REASON TO STRIKE IRAN BEFORE US ELECTIONS - YNET

NASDAQ 100 FALLS TO SESSION-LOW 2.9%

MODERNA CONTINUES TO FALL, DOWN 20%