According to the Washington Post: US President Biden is ready to block a deal between Japanese steelmaker and U.S. Steel (XN).

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: (When asked whether there would be an early election) Not focused on politics.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Verizon (VZ.N) is close to reaching an agreement to acquire Frontier Communications, and the agreement may be announced later this week.

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: I hope the opposition New Democratic Party can focus on providing services to Canadians instead of paying attention to politics.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Israel must be stationed on the Egypt-Gaza border in the first phase (of the ceasefire agreement).

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: Conditions for a permanent ceasefire must include that the Philadelphia corridor cannot be used as a smuggling route.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of US$337.312 billion from 64 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: If we ease the pressure on Hamas by withdrawing from the Philadelphia Corridor, we will not be able to release all the hostages.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu: There are dozens of Hamas tunnels under the Philadelphia corridor.

Governor of the Central Bank of Chile: The volatility of the Chilean peso reflects the volatility of global markets.

Central Bank of Chile Governor: Market expectations for two-year inflation are at target level.

Russian MP Butina: Russia believes that the outcome of the US election is unimportant.

The winning rate of the U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction on September 4 was 4.81%, compared with the previous value of 4.87%.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Will say more on trade issues in his speech next week.

U.S. stocks continued to rise, with the S&P 500 up 0.42%, the Nasdaq up 0.52% and the Dow up 0.55%.

A U.S. service member has been detained in Venezuela, U.S. officials say.

Bank of Canada Governor Macklem: Housing inflation is too high, but is starting to show signs of falling.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) turned positive, rising 1% at one point.