General Motors (GM.N): North American charging standard approved. DC adapters will be available to customers first in the U.S. market and will be available to Canadian customers later this year.

General Motors (GM.N): Will open up access to more than 17,800 Tesla Supercharger stations for customers using GM-approved North American charging standard DC adapters.

Spot gold stood above $2,580 an ounce, up 0.41% on the day.

Egyptian Foreign Minister: Any escalation, including the bombings in Lebanon, will delay and hinder the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.

US Secretary of State Blinken: It is impossible to assess the impact of the Lebanon explosion on Hezbollah and its operations.

Egyptian Foreign Minister: Hamas confirms to the United States that it fully abides by the ceasefire agreement reached on May 27 and the amendments made on July 2.

Egyptian Foreign Minister: Egypt will not accept any changes to Gaza border security rules and the operation of the Rafah crossing before October 7.

Egyptian Foreign Minister: Egypt will not accept any changes to the rules before October 7 regarding border security with Gaza and the operation of the Rafah crossing from the Palestinian side.

US Secretary of State Blinken: Resolving the remaining issues in the Gaza ceasefire agreement is more a matter of political will.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: Over the past month and a half, we have made progress on the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Of the 18 paragraphs, 15 have been agreed upon, but the remaining issues still need to be resolved.

US Secretary of State Blinken: All parties must avoid taking measures that could escalate the conflict.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: (Regarding the Lebanon explosion) The United States is not aware of this incident and we are still collecting relevant facts.

U.S. Secretary of State Blinken: Discussed the importance of reaching a ceasefire agreement in Gaza with the Egyptian Foreign Minister.

US Secretary of State Blinken: All parties in Sudan should sit down at the negotiating table and reach an agreement on the implementation of the ceasefire agreement.

ECB board member Nagel: No commitment will be made on future interest rate decisions.

The U.S. MBA 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 6.15% in the week ending September 13, compared with 6.29% in the previous week.

British Embassy in Jakarta: Indonesia and the UK sign cooperation agreement in the field of critical minerals.

Sources: The Czech President will appoint economist Jakub Seidler as a member of the Czech Central Bank to replace outgoing member Holub.

Barclays: The rebound in European defensive stocks is coming to an end.

Jordanian Foreign Minister: Israel is pushing the entire region to the "brink of regional war."