WTI crude futures rose 2.00% intraday to $96.14/bbl.

The U.S. Supreme Court on the 8th denied Missouri's emergency appeal to use a GOP-favoring congressional map in the November midterms; the order was issued by conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who handles emergency applications from parts of the U.S. Midwest. Missouri's Supreme Court on the 3rd unanimously ruled the state must restore the prior post-census map; whether the new map is used will be decided by runoff votes in the November midterms. Trump and Missouri Republicans oppose the ruling; state Attorney General Katherine Hanaway filed the emergency appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the 4th.

俄罗斯外交部：莫斯科准备采取一切措施应对北约在北极地区发出的威胁。