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Copper slid to a more than five-week low as rising London Metal Exchange inventories eased supply concerns, with benchmark three-month prices falling 1.7% to $14,106.50 per metric ton. LME copper stocks climbed to 272,950 tons, their highest level since July 24, while China's Yangshan import premium rose to $148 per ton, its highest since October 2022. Continued inventory inflows could pressure copper prices in the near term, although strong Chinese import premiums and regional supply bottlenecks may limit further downside.
Trump's temporary expansion of access to tax-exempt red diesel is facing resistance from farmers and practical barriers for other drivers, limiting its potential to ease the burden of elevated US fuel prices. The IRS waived federal penalties for highway use from October 1 to December 31, but state restrictions remain, with Kansas penalties reaching $10,000 and one farmer estimating savings of just $1,500 to $2,000. The policy could provide limited relief for some agricultural operators while leaving diesel cost pressures largely unresolved and creating uncertainty over state-level enforcement.
Brent crude has climbed to around $110 a barrel, its highest level since May, despite Middle East oil exports recovering above pre-war levels as renewed attacks threaten shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Regional exports averaged 17.3 million barrels per day in October, while tanker rates remain above $1.4 million daily and insurance costs have surged to around 10% of cargo value. Renewed fighting could disrupt oil flows again, intensify price volatility and sustain a geopolitical risk premium in crude markets.
Asia may require up to $1 trillion in annual energy investment over the next 15 years as governments prioritize energy security following disruptions to oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz. McKinsey raised its Asian energy demand forecast to just under 400 million terajoules, 15% above its estimate a year ago, while solar and wind investment could reach $300 billion annually through 2040. This investment push could support long-term demand for energy commodities and renewables while reshaping regional coal, gas and fuel-import markets.
Asia's diesel market softened as steady spot volumes weighed on refining margins, with the benchmark diesel crack closing lower at around $65 a barrel. Singapore gasoil prices fell by $2.29-$3.01 a barrel across grades, while Singapore oil product inventories declined to a three-week low and the jet fuel regrade spread widened to a $1.44-per-barrel premium. Continued supply availability could pressure diesel margins, although falling inventories and stronger jet fuel premiums may offer some support to middle distillate markets.
NextDC fell 44% after power delays affected its Melbourne facility, according to the supplied summary. The move is framed as a warning for the data-center infrastructure trade, with the disruption highlighting power availability and delivery timing as operational risks for facilities supporting expanding compute demand. The event is relevant to the broader sector because data-center buildouts depend on timely power connections and infrastructure completion. The supplied context names MSFTSTOCK and AMZNSTOCK, but provides no price, volume, flow, or other market data for either asset.
Stock index futures moved lower as investors weighed escalating geopolitical risks and corporate developments, including Meta's approval of new Class C shares to help fund AI investments, compensation and acquisitions without changing existing voting power.
Anthropic could publicly file its IPO registration as early as October 23, while the U.S. authorized an exchange of up to 315 million barrels from its Northeast heating oil reserve and EU electric-vehicle registrations rose 48% year over year.
Geopolitical uncertainty could continue pressuring equities, while Meta's planned share issuance and Anthropic's potential IPO may keep investor focus on AI funding and valuations.
U.S. stock futures fell Thursday after Wednesday's gains, with Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures all declining. The move followed an Asian sell-off and came amid Middle East tensions. Netflix, SpaceX, Super Micro Computer and other market-linked stocks were in focus. The information provided includes no percentage moves, index levels, trading volumes, capital flows or company-specific price changes.
Julius Baer upgraded its copper outlook to neutral and raised its three-month and 12-month price targets to $13,250 and $14,500 per metric ton, citing stronger confidence in long-term demand growth.
The bank sees support from electrification, electric vehicles and data centers, but current copper demand remains weak, the market is in significant surplus and inventories are at their highest levels since the start of the century.
Long-term demand growth could support copper prices, although elevated inventories and near-term oversupply may limit gains.
Robinhood Chain generated about $51 million in network revenue during its first quarter, surpassing Ethereum's roughly $41 million as Ethereum revenue fell 35% quarter over quarter.
Robinhood Chain processed about $65 billion in decentralized exchange volume, while Ethereum's DEX volume declined 27% and its share of tokenized real-world asset value slipped from 50% to 44%.
The comparison could intensify competition for blockchain activity and fees, although Robinhood Chain's revenue may decline as congestion-driven high fees ease and Ethereum still collects a portion of its transaction fees.
Starknet voters overwhelmingly backed research into transforming the network into an independent, post-quantum layer-1 blockchain, with 93.52% of voting power supporting the proposal.
The non-binding poll attracted about 3,200 votes, allowing StarkWare and the Starknet Foundation to begin research, while a separate binding vote would still be required for the actual transition.
The proposal could strengthen Starknet's independence and quantum-resistance ambitions, but uncertainty around technical execution and security audits remains a key consideration for STRK.
LME aluminum futures are trading around $3,000 per ton, down 8% over the past month.
The decline highlights continued weakness in aluminum prices over the monthly period, with futures hovering near the $3,000 level.
Further downward pressure could emerge if aluminum prices remain weak, though the title alone provides no confirmation of the next move.
Analysts say Chinese aluminum output, Indonesia's expanding production, and the recovery of Middle East supply are the key near-term drivers of aluminum prices.
The outlook hinges on the balance between rising production and the restoration of disrupted Gulf supply, according to the article's title.
Increasing supply from China and Indonesia alongside Middle East recovery could pressure aluminum prices, while slower supply recovery may limit the downside.
Rising Chinese aluminum output is helping offset Middle East supply disruptions, keeping aluminum prices in check despite significant regional production losses.
China's expanding production and exports are cushioning the supply shortfall caused by conflict-related disruptions in the Persian Gulf.
Further growth in Chinese output and recovering Middle East supply could continue to pressure aluminum prices despite ongoing geopolitical risks.
Rising Chinese aluminum production and exports are cushioning Middle East supply disruptions, helping prevent a sustained price spike despite significant Gulf smelting losses.
China's aluminum exports increased 16% year over year in the first eight months of 2026, while LME aluminum futures traded around $3,000 per ton, down 8% on the month.
Growing Indonesian supply and recovering Gulf production could further loosen the market, with Morgan Stanley projecting a surplus exceeding 800,000 tons in 2027 and prices potentially falling to $2,800 per ton.
Peter Diamandis said Elon Musk's SpaceX could become the world's first $10 trillion company. The prediction comes as analysts consider a possible Tesla-SpaceX merger. The available context provides no valuation, price movement, transaction terms, merger agreement, or timetable for either company.
Starknet holders overwhelmingly backed research into transforming the Ethereum Layer 2 network into an independent, post-quantum Layer 1, with 93.5% of voting power supporting the proposal.
More than 2,800 wallets participated, and StarkWare plans to develop a whitepaper for public review in November, but a separate community vote would be required to approve any actual transition.
The initiative could strengthen STRK's long-term security narrative, although uncertainty remains around the transition timeline and the technical challenges of achieving quantum resistance.
South Korea’s long-awaited Digital Asset Basic Act is nearing completion, as officials face growing pressure to reconsider the country’s planned crypto tax.
The framework would establish exchange licensing, stablecoin issuance rules and clearer legal definitions, while crypto taxation remains targeted for January 1, 2027.
A more flexible tax review could ease regulatory uncertainty for South Korea’s crypto market, although the final rules and tax timeline remain unsettled.
Global stocks fell as concerns over AI spending and Meta's latest corporate plans undermined technology-sector optimism, while investors moved into government bonds amid economic uncertainty.
The MSCI All-World index slipped 0.4%, European stocks dropped 1%, and Bitcoin and Ether each fell 3% to $82,000 and $2,412, respectively, as Brent crude surged 3% to $112 a barrel.
Continued doubts over AI-driven earnings and escalating geopolitical tensions could sustain pressure on risk assets, including cryptocurrencies, while reinforcing demand for government bonds.
The European Union sold 2.792 million spot carbon permits at €84.88 per tonne in Thursday's auction on the European Energy Exchange.
The auction's cover ratio was 1.47, compared with 2.09 for Germany's October 16 auction and 1.78 for Poland's October 14 sale.
The auction results could influence near-term sentiment in European carbon markets, although the reported figures alone do not establish the next price direction.
XRP meme coin FUZZY is drawing renewed attention after Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz unboxed its trading cards, despite previously insisting he does not endorse the token.
Schwartz said he did not know who sent the gift but thanked the FUZZY account, while the token more than doubled over the past week and its XRP trading pair held about $992,000 in liquidity.
The high-profile exposure could intensify speculative interest in FUZZY, although Schwartz's post does not confirm an endorsement.
Central European currencies weakened as rising oil prices and political uncertainty in France dampened risk appetite, putting pressure on regional foreign-exchange markets.
The Polish zloty fell 0.2% to 4.3640 per euro, while the Hungarian forint lost 0.3% to 366.25 per euro, and analysts cited uncertainty ahead of Moody’s French credit-rating review.
If oil prices remain elevated and French fiscal concerns intensify, regional currencies could face further pressure, limiting potential gains in the zloty.
Rising wind supply is pushing European spot electricity prices lower, while higher gas costs are lifting German forward power contracts.
The French day-ahead contract plunged 47.8% to €80/MWh, while Germany’s year-ahead baseload contract rose 2.2% to €149.20/MWh, its highest level since June 2023.
Sustained high wind output could continue pressuring spot prices, while elevated gas costs and depleted storage ahead of winter may keep forward electricity prices under upward pressure.
Solana is being touted for a potential AI-driven breakout, but the headline-grabbing scenario depends on highly unlikely adoption by major technology companies and AI labs.
SOL traded at $104 after a 1% daily decline, with $100 support in focus and 24-hour trading volume rising to $2.7 billion from $2.4 billion.
If major AI firms eventually adopt Solana as a settlement layer for autonomous agents, it could boost on-chain demand, but the article's $1,200–$2,500 targets remain highly speculative.
Singapore's onshore oil product inventories fell to a three-week low of 38.134 million barrels as declining gasoline, naphtha, diesel, and jet fuel stocks drove the overall drawdown.
Diesel and jet fuel inventories dropped 20% week on week to 8.31 million barrels, while residual fuel stocks rebounded 4.5% to 18.86 million barrels after six consecutive weekly declines.
Tighter light and middle distillate inventories could support regional fuel prices, although ample East Asian supplies and elevated freight costs may complicate the outlook.
Vietnamese coffee prices fell as traders awaited new-crop beans, with limited trading activity keeping the market subdued.
Vietnamese farmgate prices dropped to 91,000–92,500 dong per kg, while January robusta futures fell 2% to $3,364 per ton and Vietnam's 2025/26 output was estimated to rise 6%–10% year over year.
Severe El Niño conditions could threaten 2027/28 coffee production, potentially tightening future robusta supplies and supporting prices if weather damage materializes.
Bybit has added personalization and long-term memory to Bybit AI, enabling its in-app assistant to tailor financial insights to users' assets, positions, behavior and risk profiles.
The update connects Bybit's Markets, Trading, Earn and Card services, while introducing customized prompts for wealth management planning based on individual holdings and risk tolerance.
The enhanced AI experience could improve user engagement and strengthen Bybit's push toward integrated, AI-native financial services.
Tesla fell about 5% in U.S. premarket trading after the company missed third-quarter revenue estimates and lowered its capital-expenditure targets, putting capex repricing at the center of the session.
Semiconductor and optical-networking shares also weakened: IBM and Intel each fell about 5%, Micron Technology declined about 3%, NVIDIA lost about 2%, and Marvell Technology fell about 5%.
Cloud-infrastructure names were lower as well, with Nebius down about 6% and CoreWeave down about 5%. Meta edged higher after its Q3 revenue and Q4 guidance both exceeded expectations; the company raised the lower end of its AI capital-expenditure range and plans to issue new non-voting shares.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index closed down 5.03% at 3,793.93 points on October 22, while the Hang Seng Index closed down 3.03% at 22,934.68 points.
Optical communications stocks led the decline: Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable fell nearly 12%, Cambridge Technology dropped more than 11%, and Zhongji Innolight lost more than 7%.
Large internet stocks also declined, with Alibaba down more than 6%, Xiaomi Group down more than 3%, and Tencent Holdings down nearly 3%. Lithium-battery names remained weaker, as CATL fell more than 7% and CALB Group dropped more than 4%.
Gold futures fell 1.1% to $4,103.20 per troy ounce as rising energy prices heightened inflation concerns and pressured bullion.
Technical support sits near $4,073, while resistance is at $4,135, with investors awaiting next week's Federal Reserve meeting for monetary policy signals.
Gold could face further downside if prices decisively break support, while a sustained move above resistance may reopen the path toward $4,150-$4,169.
Premarket attention is on earnings updates from Tesla, Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble, Meta and American Airlines. Tesla beat estimates, while Meta exceeded expectations and announced a stock split. Lockheed Martin and P&G are due to report earnings, and American Airlines expects a loss. These developments put METASTOCK, LMTSTOCK, AALSTOCK and PGSTOCK in focus ahead of Thursday.
Crude oil climbed to near $100 a barrel, reaching a five-week high as escalating Middle East tensions and renewed US strikes against Iran fueled supply concerns.
Reports of potential US-Israeli military operations after next month's midterm elections and attacks on Saudi facilities heightened regional risks, while refined oil product shipments remained constrained.
Further escalation could push crude prices higher, although recovering exports through the Strait of Hormuz may help limit supply pressures.
Grvt has completed its first GRVT token buyback, burning 1.1 million tokens and permanently removing nearly 1% of circulating supply ahead of its planned Grvt 2.0 launch.
The issuer intends to conduct additional discretionary monthly buybacks, while upcoming milestones include Grvt Earn targeting yields of up to 11% and Stable Funding Perps planned for November.
The supply reduction and expanding product lineup could support GRVT demand, although future buybacks are not guaranteed and advertised yields are not assured.
Brent crude jumped 3.3% to $112.41 a barrel after a deadly attack hit Saudi Arabia, intensifying geopolitical risk concerns around a major oil-producing region.
WTI rose 2.9% to $99.95 a barrel, while the US ordered nonemergency government employees and their families to leave Saudi Arabia amid increased Houthi attacks.
Although oil production and exports have not been materially affected, continued threats to production and Aramco facilities could sustain a significant geopolitical risk premium in crude prices.
WTI crude oil climbed 2.8% to $99.85 a barrel, marking a strong upward move in US oil prices.
The headline provides no further details on the drivers behind the rally or whether other energy markets followed the move.
If upward momentum continues, elevated crude prices could increase fuel-cost pressures and support further gains in oil prices.
Brent crude climbed 3.1% to $112.18 a barrel, signaling a sharp upward move in international oil prices.
The headline provides no additional details on the factors behind the increase or broader market reactions.
If the rally persists, elevated crude prices could intensify fuel-cost pressures and weigh on oil-importing economies.
Middle East crude exports have recovered to more than 90% of pre-conflict levels, signaling improved oil supply availability despite continued attacks in the Gulf of Oman.
Jefferies reports physical crude premiums fell 65% week-on-week to $9 per barrel, but freight rates remain eight times pre-conflict levels, while LNG prices reached $29 per million British thermal units.
Persistent shipping disruptions, elevated refining margins and rising gas prices could keep global energy costs high despite recovering crude supplies.
Gold fell more than 1% as rising oil prices intensified inflation concerns and strengthened expectations that interest rates could remain higher for longer, reducing the appeal of non-yielding bullion.
Spot gold dropped 1.1% to $4,095.75 per ounce after hitting its lowest level since October 7, while markets priced in an 87% chance of a Federal Reserve rate increase in December.
Further oil gains and persistent inflation could pressure gold toward the October 14 low of $4,073, although upcoming US PCE inflation data may reshape rate expectations.
US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $528 million in net inflows on Wednesday, pushing their three-session total above $1 billion and signaling renewed institutional demand for Bitcoin.
The funds collected $1.08 billion over three sessions, led by BlackRock's IBIT with $235 million and Fidelity's FBTC with $213 million, while Bitcoin briefly reached $84,777 before retreating.
Sustained ETF inflows could support further Bitcoin upside, although the recent reversal from two weeks of withdrawals and Bitcoin's pullback highlight the risk of renewed selling pressure.
Copper prices fell as rising London Metal Exchange warehouse inventories eased supply concerns, with benchmark three-month copper dropping 1.14% to $14,192 per metric ton.
LME copper stocks increased for three consecutive days, including 13,525 tons of deliveries on Wednesday, while record regional premiums highlight persistent supply tightness outside the US.
Further inventory growth and weakness in technology stocks could pressure copper prices, although regional shortages and demand expectations tied to AI infrastructure may limit declines.
European natural gas prices remain near €90/MWh as escalating Middle East tensions and attacks on vessels fuel concerns over energy supply disruptions.
Dutch TTF front-month gas rose €1.50 to €88.91/MWh, while Norwegian gas exports fell 24 million cubic meters per day to 302 million, adding to supply concerns.
Continued geopolitical escalation and supply constraints could keep European gas prices elevated, although stronger German wind generation and rising LNG send-out may limit further gains.
New York December coffee futures could retest resistance at $3.1945 per pound as technical signals point to a persistent uptrend.
The contract broke above $3.1655 after three previous failed attempts, with a sustained breakout potentially opening a path toward $3.2180–$3.2415.
A decisive move above $3.1945 could extend gains, while a break below $3.1475 may expose coffee prices to further downside toward $3.0915–$3.1185.
India's Sensex fell 0.5% and the Nifty 50 dropped 0.54%, extending losses to a third straight session as surging crude prices and global equity weakness pressured investor sentiment.
Brent crude climbed to $110.60 per barrel, while traders watched Sensex support at 73,200–73,500 and resistance at 74,300–74,500 amid a cautious derivatives setup.
A break below 73,200 could intensify selling, while a sustained move above 74,500 may improve the prospects of a recovery.