French Budget Minister: There are no plans in the budget to tax windfalls.

French Budget Minister: France will continue to cut corporate taxes.

The spread between Italian and German 10-year bond yields briefly reached 200 basis points and was last at 194.00 basis points.

ANZ: Aware of issues affecting online banking and ATMs.

GBP/USD rose 17 points in the short term, reaching a maximum of 1.2237. The final annual GDP rate of the UK in the second quarter was stronger than market expectations.

Azerbaijan’s Energy Minister said that the country will export 10.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Turkey in 2023.

Market news: All Nippon Airways (ANA) will suspend its cargo contract with United Airlines starting this Saturday.

British Ministry of Defense: Up to hundreds of armed personnel formerly associated with the Wagner Group private military company may have begun redeploying to Ukraine in recent weeks, both individually and in small groups, to fight for various pro-Russian units.

The Nikkei 225 index erased earlier losses of up to 0.5%.

USD/JPY fell more than 10 points in the short term to 149.20.

According to the Kyiv Independent: A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Defense officially confirmed that English courses will be offered as part of a program to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets. A possible U.S. government shutdown on October 1 could have an impact on language training for Ukrainian pilots.

Japan’s Economic Revitalization Minister Yoshitaka Shindo: Japan’s economy is no longer in a deflationary state.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: Japan is steadily moving towards its fiscal reform goals.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: The efforts of the Bank of Japan and the government will help achieve a non-deflationary state.

According to Handelsblatt: Volkswagen will produce the "Trinity" electric car at its Zwickau plant in Germany.

Yoshitaka Shindo, Japan’s Minister of Economic Revitalization: The government and the Bank of Japan are taking necessary measures in accordance with the 2013 joint statement.

According to Ukrainian Pravda: On the morning of September 29, the Russian army launched a missile towards Nikolayev in Ukraine, hitting an infrastructure on the outskirts of the city.