Apple (AAPL.O) rose briefly in pre-market trade, now up 0.4% after reports it is considering re-entering the server market.

Reports say the humanoid robot TeleDroid is planned to fly to the International Space Station aboard the Progress MS-36 cargo spacecraft in November 2026 to assist astronauts with extravehicular activities.

European natural gas prices held near their highest levels since 2022 as traders rush to refill depleted stocks ahead of the heating season, while the Middle East crisis remains unresolved. Benchmark futures climbed as much as 4% before giving back gains and were trading around €81/MWh. High prices are needed to attract more LNG cargoes to shore; regional storage is about 68% full and Germany, Europe’s largest energy market, is only ~56% full. After reports the government has consulted state energy firms on supporting storage purchases, traders are watching Germany’s procurement activity. Low inventories have also pushed next-year gas curves higher: the 2027 summer contract is trading at a record premium to the following winter, a structure that makes injections uneconomic and, if global supply stays tight, risks a third consecutive year of weak summer refills.