An Exxon Mobil (XOM.N) top executive said Asian markets already have substantial LNG import infrastructure.

CFTC data: speculator JPY long open interest on CME currency futures was 178,791 contracts as of the 8th, the highest since December 2025 (nine-month high), up 61,600 contracts week-on-week (+53%). Speculative yen buying has surged on the CME; such positions often reverse quickly, posing a constraint on further yen appreciation and dollar weakness. Rising oil prices and firmer US rate-hike expectations have also begun to sap the yen-buy/dollar-sell momentum.

IRNA, citing Yemen's Saba news agency, said Saudi Arabia continued military operations in Yemen, striking a market in Hubsha'af district in Al Jawf province in northern Yemen.