Dutch wholesale market near-month natural gas futures rose 5% to €69.20/MWh.

Mark Dowding, head of fixed income at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, said the firm continues to favor inflation-linked bonds and inflation swaps while prospects for a Middle East peace deal remain unclear. LSEG data show money markets have fully priced a 25bp Fed hike in December. Dowding said hopes for a peace agreement are fading, leaving the region in a prolonged "gray zone", and that trade through the Strait of Hormuz remains only a small fraction of pre-war levels.

S&P confirmed Vietnam's "BB+/B" rating; outlook stable.