According to people familiar with the matter, subscriptions to social platform X increased by 25% to 30% quarter-on-quarter.

Market News: Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, said he did not defraud anyone or misappropriate customer funds.

Reliance Group’s net income in the second quarter was 173.9 billion rupees, compared with market expectations of 178.51 billion rupees.

Ukrainian Prime Minister: Ukraine will receive $1.2 billion from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for social spending.

Market News: Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, testified in his defense in a fraud trial.

Market News: Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was unable to testify about additional legal advice.

Market News: Bankman-Fried, founder of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, can testify about FTX’s data retention policy.

United Trade Union: The strike vote will last for five weeks, starting on October 27 and ending on December 7.

United Trade Union: Odfjell drillers vote on strike action.

U.S. chip stocks rose, with Nvidia (NVDA.O) rising 1.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rising 1.5% and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) rising 1.4% as Intel issued an upbeat fourth-quarter forecast.

According to German Manager magazine: Volkswagen Group plans to lay off 2,000 employees at its subsidiary CARIAD.

The Brazilian real rose more than 1% against the U.S. dollar in spot trading.

Spot silver rebounded by US$0.16 in the short term and is now trading at US$22.86 per ounce.

Spot gold rebounded by $5 in the short term and is now at $1,987.39 per ounce.

ExxonMobil (XOM.N) CEO: Lithium will be part of future investment portfolios.

German Chancellor Scholz: Progress on the Serbia-Kosovo conflict.

Italian Prime Minister Meloni: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde told EU leaders that reaching an agreement on new fiscal rules is an "absolute priority."

The Serbian government said it expects to receive its first gas supplies from Azerbaijan by the end of the year.

Zabotkin, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia: The neutral signal on key interest rates means that we are not very confident about the need for an interest rate hike in December.