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TREE NEWS update: Iran’s foreign minister said claims that Iran is about to obtain nuclear weapons are a “big lie,” first fabricated by Israel in 2003 and repeated since by the US and European countries. He said Iran has been a faithful party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970 and has been under full IAEA supervision for decades. He added that US claims to defend non-proliferation lack credibility while it attacks safeguarded peaceful nuclear facilities.

TREE NEWS update: Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran can accept a seven-day plan and that the Strait of Hormuz will eventually reopen to shipping. The statement, issued by the foreign ministry, gives no timeline for the reopening or details of the plan’s terms. The Strait of Hormuz is the world’s most important oil chokepoint, and any disruption to transit affects global energy markets.

TREE NEWS reports: On Friday, September 25, the emerging markets ETF closed up 1.09% and the long-yen ETF gained 1.07%, as Japanese officials called the weak exchange rate a problem. The Dow ETF rose 0.94%, the S&P 500 ETF 0.54%, the Nasdaq 100 ETF 0.46% and the gold ETF 0.44%. The US Brent oil fund fell 3.54% and the long-volatility index dropped 1.54%.

TREE NEWS reports: US bank deposits stood at $19.568 trillion last week, down from $19.658 trillion the previous week. The $90 billion week-over-week decline marks a contraction in deposit levels across the banking system.

TREE NEWS reports: Most of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors closed higher, led by information technology at 0.99% and industrials at 0.94%, with financials up 0.53%. Real estate, telecom and energy were the laggards, falling as much as 0.87%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index closed Friday at 3,200.42, down 0.25% on the day and 1.76% for the week. The gauge rose steadily on September 21-22 before declining for the rest of the week.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed down 0.5% in preliminary trading, bringing its weekly loss to about 1.6%. Among Chinese ADRs, WeRide fell 4.3%, Xiaomi dropped 2.3%, Li Auto slipped 2.1%, NetEase lost 1.8%, BYD declined 1% and PDD Holdings eased 0.8%.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 rose 1.1% for the week, the Dow added 0.3% and the Nasdaq 100 climbed 3.3%, while the semiconductor index gained 6.4% and the memory-chip index 4.9%. On Friday the S&P 500 closed up 0.5%, with tech up 1% and energy down 0.9%. Nasdaq 100 components Microchip rose 5.4% and Qualcomm 4.1%, while Meta fell 3.3% and Palo Alto Networks 3.9%.

TREE NEWS update: Pakistan’s military said a meeting of the chiefs of defense staff and army chiefs of the states party to the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement was held in Riyadh. The statement gave no further details on the agenda or outcomes of the gathering.

TREE NEWS reports: The Federal Reserve takes a “securities-led” approach to supplying marginal reserves to the banking system, while the European Central Bank and the Bank of England rely on a “repo-led” model, the New York Fed’s Teller Window blog said. The post described the divergence as clear among the world’s central banks in how they manage reserves. No policy change was announced.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump this week again pressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, a proposal Zelensky has repeatedly rejected. Zelensky turned down the offer during a meeting with Trump at the United Nations. Asked by reporters when he would visit Moscow, Zelensky said “on a missile,” followed by an expletive. A senior US official disputed that account without elaborating.

TREE NEWS reports: Mohammad Marandi, an Iranian state television commentator and member of Iran’s negotiating delegation in the Pakistan-mediated US-Iran talks earlier this year, said Friday that the indirect negotiations between Iran and the United States have made no progress. He added that the regional situation is heading toward further escalation.

TREE NEWS reports: The yen rose 1.04% against the dollar on Friday, with USD/JPY closing at 157.21 in New York, nearly erasing gains built up from Sept. 21-24. For the week the dollar still gained 0.21% against the yen, with a trading range of 156.58-159.04. The yen also climbed 0.22% against the offshore yuan to 4.2762, while falling 0.57% versus the euro to 179.20 and 0.85% against the pound to 208.368.

TREE NEWS reports: The ICE US Dollar Index fell 0.32% to 100.964 in Friday’s New York afternoon session, capping a week in which it gained 0.75% and traded between 100.179 and 101.398. The Bloomberg Dollar Index dropped 0.25% to 1212.72, ending the week up 0.80% within a range of 1202.26 to 1216.98.

TREE NEWS reports: Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT US Treasury futures by 47,352 contracts to 155,805 in the week ended September 22, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said. The data covers positioning in Chicago Board of Trade Treasury futures.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin net long positioning stood at 2,756 contracts in the week ended September 22, 2026. The figure reflects the net long position held by traders in CFTC-tracked bitcoin futures contracts for that reporting week.

TREE NEWS reports: CFTC data for the week ended September 22, 2026 showed yen net long positions at 71,982 contracts, while euro net short positions stood at 52,334 contracts. The figures reflect speculative positioning in currency futures and options markets tracked by the US regulator.

TREE NEWS reports: Speculative net long positions in Brent and WTI crude oil fell to 371,006 contracts in the week ended September 22, a four-week low, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission said. NYMEX gasoline net longs rose to 96,163 contracts, roughly a 10-month high, while NYMEX diesel net longs dropped to 9,732 contracts, an 11-week low. NYMEX natural gas net short positions declined to 37,080 contracts, also an 11-week low.

TREE NEWS reports: COMEX gold speculative net long positions fell by 5,727 contracts to 131,334 in the week ended September 22. Silver net longs rose by 385 contracts to 13,016, while copper net longs increased by 17,108 contracts to 82,649 over the same period.

TREE NEWS reports: CBOT wheat futures fell 1.44% on the week to $7.04 a bushel, while soybean futures gained 1.27% to $13.20 a bushel. Corn edged up 0.24% to $5.2875 a bushel, soybean meal rose 3.35% and soybean oil slipped 0.59%. The Bloomberg Grain Subindex closed Friday at 34.2968, down 0.10% on the day and 0.23% for the week.