European natural gas prices fell as much as 3% due to the recovery of the Troll gas field.

Chevron: No agreement has yet been reached with the union following further conciliation meetings with the Fair Work Commission this week.

Ford Motor (FN): Believes that policy focus should be on strengthening electric vehicles.

Market News: The EU has received new court support in its fight against Belgian tax benefits.

Danish Bank: Overall inflation is expected to fall to 3.8% in 2023, 3.0% in 2024 and 2.6% in 2025.

Danish Bank: We believe that raising interest rates will lead to a slowdown in economic activity and lower inflation.

Spanish Secretary of State for Energy Agagesen: By 2023, for the first time, Spain will achieve more than half of its electricity generation from renewable energy sources.

COMEX gold futures fell below $1,950 per ounce, down 0.26% on the day.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanian: If 120,000 people leave Karabakh for Armenia, there may be a serious refugee crisis.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanyan: Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan need to hold an emergency meeting for dialogue.

Vardanyan, a former senior Karabakh official: Nearly 100 people have died and hundreds have been injured.

Former senior Karabakh official Vardanyan: Azerbaijan’s bombing campaign has continued from last night to today.

The British FTSE 100 index opened up 21.23 points, or 0.28%, at 7681.43 points on September 20 (Wednesday); the French CAC40 index opened up 0.17 points, or 0.00%, at 7282.29 points at the opening on September 20 (Wednesday); the Italian Rich The MIB index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 8.37 points, or 0.03%, to 28766.00 points; the German DAX30 index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 24.57 points, or 0.16%, to 15689.05 points; the Spanish IBEX35 index 9 On September 20 (Wednesday), it opened up 25.15 points, or 0.26%, to 9545.15 points; the European Stoxx 50 Index opened on September 20 (Wednesday), up 2.55 points, or 0.06%, to 4245.25 points.

The spread between 10-year UK and German bond yields narrowed to 155 basis points, the lowest level in four months.

After the UK inflation data was released, UK government bond yields rose, with the 2-year yield falling 11 basis points to 4.89%.

Swiss Government: CPI is expected to be 1.9% in 2024 (previous forecast was +1.5%).

Swiss Government: CPI is expected to be 2.2% in 2023 (previous forecast was +2.3%).

The Swiss government: It believes that the global economy may take longer to recover from the challenges of the past few years, and will take longer than the June forecast assumed.

The Swiss government expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow by 1.3% in 2023 and 1.2% in 2024.

European Central Bank Executive Committee Member Panetta: Fiscal policy should be counter-cyclical to stabilize economic fluctuations while promoting public investment to support potential growth.