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TREE NEWS reports: The yield on Germany’s 10-year government bond rose 5 basis points to 3.61%. The move marks a fresh leg higher in euro-area benchmark borrowing costs, with the 10-year Bund — the region’s risk-free reference rate — extending its recent climb.

TREE NEWS update: Pakistan’s Prime Minister met Iran’s President on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. The two leaders held talks during the annual gathering of world leaders in New York. No further details of the meeting were immediately disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Spot silver fell 2.0% on the day to $63.13 an ounce, extending its intraday decline. The move marks a pullback in the precious metal’s price, with the session loss holding at 2.0% as of the latest reading.

TREE NEWS reports: The US dollar gained 0.5% against the Swiss franc on the day, with USD/CHF quoted at 0.8293. The intraday move marks a firmer dollar against the franc, a pair often watched as a gauge of risk sentiment and safe-haven demand.

TREE NEWS update: Ghana’s Gold Board will be allowed to sell foreign exchange freely on the market, removing restrictions on how the state gold-buying body converts its holdings. The change gives the board open access to currency markets, a shift in how Africa’s top gold producer manages the foreign exchange it accumulates through gold purchases.

TREE NEWS update: The US Treasury will purchase up to $6 billion of 20- to 30-year Treasury bonds in its September 24 liquidity buyback operation. The operation is part of the Treasury’s regular liquidity support buybacks, targeting long-dated debt.

TREE NEWS reports: Russia lowered its 2026 oil export forecast by 24 million tonnes to 98.5 million tonnes, Interfax reported. The revision cuts the projected export volume by more than 20% from the previous estimate. No reason for the downgrade was given in the report.

TREE NEWS update: Giant pandas Pingping and Fushuang will arrive at Zoo Atlanta in the coming days, the zoo said, where they will go on public view for visitors in the United States. The pair’s transfer marks the latest panda exchange between China and a US zoo.

TREE NEWS reports: The Kansas City Fed’s manufacturing composite index rose to 14 in September, beating expectations of 9 and up from a reading of 10 the prior month. The print signals accelerating factory activity in the Tenth District, which covers Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming and northern New Mexico.

TREE NEWS reports: NYMEX natural gas futures rose more than 5% on the day, trading at $3.311 per million British thermal units. The move marks a sharp single-session gain for the benchmark US natural gas contract.

TREE NEWS update: Yemen’s Houthi movement announced it carried out a strike on Jazan in Saudi Arabia. The group said the target was in the Saudi region of Jazan but gave no further details on the type of attack, the damage caused or any casualties. There was no immediate comment from Saudi authorities.

TREE NEWS reports: Near-expiry October raw sugar futures traded at a steep discount to the March contract on Thursday, with the spread near a historic low, signaling market concern over global sweetener demand. Traders are watching for a large delivery against the October contract at expiry, typically seen as a last resort when sellers cannot find other buyers in the physical market.

TREE NEWS reports: Brent crude oil rose as much as 3.0% intraday on Friday, trading at $101.1 a barrel. The move puts the international benchmark back above the $100 mark intraday. No further details were immediately available.

TREE NEWS reports: A study published on the 23rd by the University of Chicago’s Climate Impact Lab estimates the current El Niño, which may persist until February, could cause about 450,000 more heat-related deaths worldwide than in a normal year. Global heat-related mortality would rise by roughly 450,000 compared with typical years.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered remarks at a welcoming ceremony. The report did not specify the location, the visiting party being welcomed, or the contents of Xi’s address. Further details were not provided in the initial dispatch.

TREE NEWS reports: The US Energy Information Administration reported that natural gas inventories rose by 53 billion cubic feet last week, exceeding analysts’ expectations of a 50.73 billion cubic feet build. The weekly increase of 1.61% brought total working gas in storage to 3.35 trillion cubic feet.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump delivered remarks at a welcoming ceremony for Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House on the morning of September 24 local time. Xi attended the ceremony as part of the visit. Trump spoke at the event, though no further details of his remarks were immediately provided.

TREE NEWS update: The U.S. Energy Information Administration will publish its weekly natural gas storage report at 22:30 Beijing time. The release is a scheduled data update on U.S. natural gas inventories.

TREE NEWS update: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on the afternoon of September 23 local time for a state visit to the United States at the invitation of US President Donald Trump. The visit marks a high-level diplomatic engagement between the two countries.

TREE NEWS update: The US Department of Energy announced it is deepening its investment in the power grid and will provide funding for 31 grid upgrade and renovation projects. No dollar figure or project list was disclosed in the announcement. The move targets modernization of the country’s electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure.