British Labor Party leader Starmer: A ceasefire will give Hamas the ability to attack Israel.

British Labor leader Starmer: Now is not the time for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

British Labor Party leader Starmer: The Labor Party firmly supports Israel’s right to self-defense.

Italian Economy Minister: The risk of the global economy falling into a new recession is not impossible.

Italian Economy Minister: Our goal is to continue to direct the majority of government bond issuance to domestic investors.

Reuters survey: U.S. crude oil prices are expected to average US$83.02 per barrel in 2024, compared with US$82.99 per barrel in the September survey.

Reuters survey: Brent crude oil price is expected to average US$86.62 per barrel in 2024, compared with US$86.45 per barrel in the September survey.

Reuters survey: U.S. crude oil prices are expected to average US$80.32 per barrel in 2023, compared with US$79.64 per barrel in the September survey.

Reuters survey: Brent crude oil price is expected to average US$84.80 per barrel in 2023, compared with US$84.09 per barrel in the September survey.

The firm trading volume shows that there is an imbalance between supply and demand at this position... For details, please refer to "Database-COMEX Gold Futures Firm Trading Volume" (newly launched).

According to RIA Novosti: Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) stated that the assassination attempt on pro-Russian politician and former Ukrainian parliamentarian Oleg Tsaryov was organized by Ukraine.

United Nations Human Rights Office: (Regarding the deadly attack in Hroza, Ukraine) There are reasonable grounds to believe that the missile was launched by the Russian armed forces.

The Polish Bank Index rose 1.5% to reach an all-time high.

Pfizer (PFE.N) will have a net loss of US$2.38 billion in Q3 2023. The market expects a net loss of US$3.24 billion, compared with US$8.608 billion in the same period last year.

Pfizer (PFE.N) Q3 revenue in 2023 is US$13.23 billion, market expectations are US$13.54 billion, and US$22.638 billion in the same period last year.

Market news: Iran said it needed to use its "last political opportunity" to prevent war.

Market news: The Swedish Prime Minister said that a defense cooperation agreement with the United States may be reached before Christmas.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Visco: Italy needs to increase its economic growth potential and make more efforts on fiscal policy.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Vesco: Concerns about the wage-price spiral and the loss of anchoring in inflation expectations in the euro area have weakened significantly.

Financial website Forexlive commented on the Eurozone’s third-quarter GDP data: The Eurozone’s economy shrank in the third quarter, slightly lower than expected, because the decline in the German economy has proven to be a real drag. France, Spain and Belgium recorded slight gains, but this was offset by contractions in Germany, Austria, Portugal, Ireland, Estonia and Lithuania.