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TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 finished roughly flat, with telecom up 1.9% as Meta led its components and Alphabet Class A gained over 1%. Energy rose 0.4%, while tech slipped 0.2% and materials fell 1%. The Nasdaq 100 was also little changed: Nebius Group added 7.6%, Rocket Lab 4.8%, Meta 4.6%, while Arm Holdings dropped 8.5% and Western Digital lost 4.9%.

TREE NEWS update: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico will cooperate with South Korea in artificial intelligence and electric mobility. Sheinbaum announced the planned cooperation without giving further details on the scope, timing or specific projects involved. Neither government provided additional information on the agreement.

TREE NEWS reports: US money market fund assets rose to $7.94 trillion, the Investment Company Institute said. The Washington-based trade group publishes weekly figures on total money market fund assets. No breakdown by fund type or period-over-period change was given.

TREE NEWS update: New York City Mayor Mamdani said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his United Nations General Assembly address to repeat unfounded lies aimed at whitewashing what Mamdani called a “genocide against Palestinians.” Mamdani added that no lie can change the fact that Netanyahu remains subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant.

TREE NEWS reports: The dollar rose 0.37% against the yen to 158.92 in late New York trading on Thursday, September 24, with an intraday range of 157.80-159.04 and a morning-session approach toward the September 2 high of 160.39. The yen has rebounded 4% since falling to 152.89 on September 8. The euro gained 0.29% and the pound 0.18% versus the yen, while the yen fell 0.34% against the offshore yuan.

TREE NEWS update: The US Senate voted down a War Powers Resolution on Thursday that would have directed President Donald Trump to withdraw US forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorized the war. The concurrent resolution carried no legal force and did not require the president’s signature, making the vote largely symbolic. The conflict has meanwhile driven up US gasoline prices, straining consumers.

TREE NEWS reports: The ICE US Dollar Index rose 0.17% to 101.270 at the New York close on Thursday, September 24, trading in a range of 101.001 to 101.398 during the session. The index remains near its July 28 high of 101.640 and its June 24 high of 101.800. The Bloomberg Dollar Index gained 0.29% to 1215.90, within a range of 1211.76 to 1216.98.

TREE NEWS update: Yemen’s Houthi movement said it carried out strikes on Saudi Aramco facilities in the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Red Sea port city of Yanbu. The claim, issued by the group, names the two locations but gives no details on damage or casualties. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the strikes.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bloomberg Grains Subindex closed down 0.23% at 34.3317 points in late New York trading on Thursday, September 24. CBOT corn futures fell 0.47%, wheat slipped 0.28% and soybeans eased 0.10%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Hang Seng Index’s main futures contract closed down 0.26% at 24,627 in the night session. The Hang Seng Tech Index’s main futures contract closed down 0.37% at 4,335.

TREE NEWS reports: The onshore yuan closed at 6.7125 per US dollar at 03:00 Beijing time, down 17 pips from Tuesday’s overnight close. Trading volume for the session totaled $46.33 billion.

TREE NEWS update: Mexico’s central bank left its overnight interest rate unchanged at 6.50%, it announced. The decision keeps the benchmark rate at its current level, with no change to the monetary policy stance disclosed in the statement.

TREE NEWS update: Iraq’s foreign ministry announced on the 24th that Iraq and the United States signed an agreement transferring a US embassy diplomatic support facility at Baghdad International Airport to the Iraqi government. The ministry said the handover is part of Baghdad’s timetable to end the international coalition’s military mission in Iraq and terminate foreign military presence, with the work to be completed by September 30 this year.

TREE NEWS update: French President Emmanuel Macron said he wants the Group of Seven to discuss releasing strategic oil reserves. The call places the question of coordinated emergency stockpile releases before the G7, whose members hold some of the world’s largest government-controlled crude inventories. No timing, volume or member-country position was given.

TREE NEWS reports: Iran’s delegation did not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly. The absence marks the latest sign of the two adversaries’ ongoing standoff, with Tehran’s envoys staying away from the Israeli leader’s remarks at the annual gathering. No reason for the delegation’s non-attendance was given in the reports.

TREE NEWS reports: US leveraged loan funds took in $1.3 billion in the week to September 23, the largest weekly inflow since February 19, 2025. The gain marked a 13th consecutive week of inflows, the longest run in a year. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates the previous week.

TREE NEWS reports: UBS is considering partnering with foreign banks, the Swiss lender’s plans indicating a possible shift toward cross-border collaboration. No specific partners, terms or timeline were given. UBS has not publicly detailed the scope of any such arrangements.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a welcome ceremony hosted by US President Donald Trump at the White House on the morning of September 24 local time. In his remarks, Trump said he and Xi would continue working together for a better future for both countries and thanked Xi and Peng Liyuan for what he called a historic visit.

TREE NEWS reports: WTI November crude futures settled $2.45 higher, up nearly 2.66%, at $94.61 a barrel. NYMEX October natural gas closed at $3.2970 per million British thermal units, while October gasoline settled at $3.5646 a gallon and October heating oil at $4.7303 a gallon.

TREE NEWS update: French President Emmanuel Macron said France will deploy troops to help Saudi Arabia protect its oil facilities. He announced the move without giving a timeline, force size or the specific sites involved. The statement marks a direct French military commitment to securing Saudi oil infrastructure.