Sri Lanka's Ceylon Petroleum Corporation top executive said the company is testing a Saharan blended crude alongside WTI and Siberian Light to diversify refinery feedstock sources.

The ECB is expected to raise its key rate on Thursday, marking a second increase since the outbreak of the US‑Iran war, but officials are likely to signal caution on further tightening as higher borrowing costs could curtail activity. Eurozone annual inflation rose to 3.3% in August, a near three‑year high and well above the ECB’s 2% target. Policymakers see no clear second‑round effects yet from the war‑linked closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the energy price spike, but warned prolonged conflict and sustained high energy prices would raise the risk of wage pressure and labour action, and that household heating costs should jump as winter approaches. President Lagarde is expected to stress that rates are not on a preset path and that further hikes are not inevitable, though she is unlikely to rule out additional action; some economists now see a third hike in December as possible.

Lebanese National News Agency said Israeli warplanes struck Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon.