Shanghai Gold Exchange gold T+D rose 1.46% to 890.1 yuan/gram at the close of the June 26 (Friday) evening session. Shanghai Gold Exchange silver T+D rose 3.37% to 14,341 yuan/kg.

A Kazakh minister said Kazakhstan cut gas output at the Karachaganak field after a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Orenburg gas-processing plant.

Local time June 26 — Caracas’s Maiquetía Simón Bolívar International Airport, Venezuela’s largest airport, sustained structural damage in an earthquake and remains closed; commercial flights are suspended. Copa Airlines said on June 26 it has suspended flights between Panama City’s Tocumen International Airport and Maiquetía from June 24 through July 2. To evacuate affected passengers, Copa will add two daily commercial flights between Panama City and Valencia (Carabobo state) from June 26 to July 2, increasing service from one to three daily flights.