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Update | 14:00–16:00 GMT Friday 30 October 🛢 WSJ survey: major banks raise 2026 and 1Q27 Brent forecasts 🇨🇳 China vows countermeasures over US FCC lab-testing curbs 🇷🇺 Exxon: about half of Russia's refining capacity offline 🇬🇧 Fitch sees significant fiscal slippage after UK budget Note: Trading carries risks

Update | 12:00–14:00 GMT Friday 30 October 🇩🇪 Oct CPI 2.8% y/y (fcst 3.0%, prev 3.3%); HICP 2.8% (fcst 3.1%) 🇨🇦 Aug GDP flat m/m (fcst +0.2%) 🇺🇸 Q3 ECI +0.8% as expected; Chicago PMI 55.3 (fcst 56) 🛢 Iran's IRIB: tanker hit mine in Hormuz, unconfirmed 💻 BofA downgrades Intel to neutral Note: Trading carries risks

Gold is testing the $4,000 area. Where is it on Friday 6 Nov (jobs report day)?

Update | 06:00–08:00 GMT 🇫🇷 France Q3 GDP -0.1% q/q (fcst +0.1%) 🇫🇷 Oct CPI 3.4% y/y (fcst 3.3%), HICP 3.8% (fcst 3.6%) 🇯🇵 BoJ's Ueda: too early to declare 2% target met 🇦🇺 Poll: RBA seen hiking to 4.85% on 3 Nov 🇪🇺 ECB's Dolenc: inflation could stay above 2% for years Note: Trading carries risks

Today's key events (GMT) 06:30 🇫🇷 GDP Q3 (f: 0.1%) 07:45 🇫🇷 CPI (f: 3.3%) 09:00 🇩🇪 GDP Q3 (f: 0.1%) 10:00 🇪🇺 GDP Q3 (f: 0.2%), jobless rate 12:30 🇺🇸 Employment Cost Index, 🇨🇦 GDP 13:00 🇩🇪 CPI (f: 3%) 13:45 🇺🇸 Chicago PMI (f: 56.1) Note: Trading carries risks

Friday 30 October Overnight recap | 16:00–06:00 GMT 🇺🇸 #Trump briefed on Iran military options (WSJ) 🛢 Houthis claim Saudi oil site strikes; Brent $114.88 🇯🇵 BoJ holds at 1.25%, 8-1 vote 📉 $NASDAQ futures -1.4% after Amazon EPS miss 🪙 Tether, Circle freeze $2.3bn+ over possible Binance hack Note: Trading carries risks

Update | 12:00–14:00 GMT 🇺🇸 Q3 GDP 3.4% (est. 3.2%); core PCE 3.1% y/y, as expected 🇺🇸 Spending +0.5% m/m (est. 0.6%); claims 194k 🇪🇺 ECB holds at 2.65%, flags energy shock risk 📉 Alphabet -13%, ~$489B value hit 🛢 Gulf oil majors seek bigger Asia crude stocks amid Iran war Note: Trading carries risks

⏱Update | 10:00–12:00 GMT Eli Lilly Q3 adj. EPS $7.48 vs $5.59 est., revenue $24.40B Merck Q3 adj. EPS $2.49 vs $2.07 est. 🏗 Caterpillar Q3 adj. EPS $7.20 vs $7.10 est. 💻 Microsoft launches US bond sale, seeking at least $25B 🇯🇵 Japan to subsidise utility bills Dec–Feb Note: Trading carries risks

Thursday 29 October Update | 06:00–08:00 GMT ⚓ UKMTO reports an incident 9NM north of Khasab, Oman 🇰🇷 Seoul still weighing options in US talks on a Strait of Hormuz deployment 🇳🇴 Equinor: Afrodite gas find may hold over double earlier estimates 🇸🇪 Advance GDP 2.8% YoY vs 2.9% fcst, 3.3% prior Note: Trading carries risks

📅 Today's key events (GMT) 09:30 🇬🇧 BoE consumer credit, mortgage approvals 12:30 🇺🇸 Q3 GDP, PCE inflation, jobless claims 13:15 🇪🇺 ECB rate decision 13:45 🇪🇺 Lagarde press conference 14:30 🇺🇸 EIA natural gas storage 17:00 🇺🇸 7-year note auction 20:00 🇺🇸 Amazon, Intel earnings Note: Trading carries risks

Overnight recap | 16:00–06:00 GMT 🇺🇸 Fed holds at 3.75–4.00%, two dissents for a hike 🛢 WTI $102.78 (+2.88%), Brent $115.32 🇮🇷 Vance writes to Iranian official on talks (WSJ) 💻 Microsoft beats, Azure +48%; Alphabet revenue slight miss 🇰🇵 North Korea fires ~10 missiles Note: Trading carries risks

Update | 12:00–14:00 GMT Wednesday 28 October 🇨🇦 BoC hikes 25bp to 2.50% as expected, citing energy-driven inflation risk 🇬🇧 UK Budget: OBR sees 2026 GDP +1.2%, CPI 3.1%; 2026-27 borrowing 4.2% of GDP 🇺🇸 Goods trade gap -$134.9B vs -$130.2B forecast 🌍 World Bank: energy prices +32% in 2026 Note: Trading carries risks

Update | 10:00–12:00 GMT Wednesday 28 October 🇺🇸 US futures flat ahead of Fed decision; oil firmer 🇮🇹 Italy PPI 13.8% y/y (prev 10.9%) 🇩🇪 10Y Bund auction yield 3.37% (prev 3.58%) ⚡ GE Vernova Q3 revenue $12.64B vs $11.99B est. 🇮🇷 Iranian official: Qatar's ideas unacceptable to Tehran Note: Trading carries risks

Wednesday 28 October Update | 06:00–08:00 GMT 🇮🇷 Qatar hands Iran new draft deal; reply due by week-end, per official briefed on talks 🇩🇪 GfK consumer sentiment -30.8 (fcst -30.3, prev -30.6) 🇬🇧 UK to scrap standing charges on gas bills 🇰🇷 S. Korea fines Google, Apple 63.7B won Note: Trading carries risks

Today's key events (GMT) Wednesday 28 October 12:30 🇬🇧 UK Budget 12:30 🇺🇸 Advance goods trade balance 13:45 🇨🇦 BoC decision (f: 2.50%, p: 2.25%) 14:30 🇺🇸 EIA crude stocks 18:00 🇺🇸 Fed decision (f: 4.00%) 18:30 🇺🇸 Warsh press conference 20:00/20:05 🇺🇸 $Alphabet, $microsoft earnings Note: Trading carries risks #Earningreports

Wednesday 28 October Overnight recap | 16:00–06:00 GMT 🇳🇿 RBNZ holds at 2.75% in 4-3 vote vs 3.00% expected; NZD -1.4% 🇦🇺 Q3 trimmed mean CPI 3.7% y/y vs 3.6% f 🇮🇱 Israel vote: exit polls show blocs neck and neck 🛢 Brent settles $113.88 (-1.7%), WTI $99.90 💳 Visa beats, lifts dividend 16% Note: Trading carries risks

Tuesday 27 October Update | 12:00–14:00 GMT 🇺🇸 Durable goods +1.8% (f 1.9%, prev -0.1%); core +0.5% (f 0.6%) 🏠 US Case-Shiller 20 YoY 2.65% vs 2.61% f 🛢 Iranian state media: tanker hit by mine in Hormuz (unconfirmed) 🌍 Poll: global growth seen at 3.0% in 2026, 3.2% in 2027 Note: Trading carries risks

⏱ Update | 10:00–12:00 GMT Tuesday 27 October 🇮🇷 Iran's supreme leader calls for conditions to end the war to be met ⚠️ #Houthis claim attack on Saudi Ras Tanura refinery (unconfirmed) 🇶🇦 Qatar: Iran must open Hormuz for mediation to work 📊 Q3: UPS, Coca-Cola, PayPal beat; Boeing loss above est. Note: Trading carries risks

Tuesday 27 October Update | 08:00–10:00 GMT 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia contains fire near Ras Tanura oil hub after attack 🛢 #OPEC+ seen holding output steady Sunday (sources) 💻 $NVIDIA to invest $3b in $Meta (CNBC) 🇷🇺 Putin speaks with Norway's Støre, Finland's Stubb (TASS) 🇪🇺 Eurozone M3 3.5% vs 3.4% exp.  Note: Trading carries risks

Tuesday 27 October⏱ Update | 06:00–08:00 GMT 🇫🇷 French consumer confidence 80 (f/c 85, prev 86) 🌏 Asian stocks +0.9%; $SKHynix, $Samsung up 4%+ 🇷🇺 Russia says it hit a cargo ship in the Black Sea 🇨🇳 China sending officials to Middle East to ease tensions 🇪🇺 Merz urges quick EU-ASEAN trade deal Note: Trading carries risks