The U.S. State Department said it will extend visa restrictions on Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) members and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials. Israeli media reported the U.S. has for a second consecutive year refused to grant PA President Mahmoud Abbas a U.S. entry visa, forcing him to address the United Nations remotely. The visa-denial notice cited alleged links to terrorist organizations but provided no further details. Dozens of PA officials who sought to travel with him report

市场消息：德国总理默茨已取消前往美国参加联合国活动的行程。

After the Fed delivered a widely expected rate hike, traders pared back the hawkish signal from the Fed chair and LME copper futures were little changed despite a firmer dollar. Fed officials still forecast another rate increase later this year, which could weigh on non-yielding assets such as copper. Copper earlier surged to record highs on expectations of possible US tariffs on refined copper, driven by large inflows into US inventories and raising supply concerns elsewhere. So far the US has not imposed new trade measures, injecting uncertainty into the prior rally, but demand from data centres and renewables and disruptions at major mines continue to provide support. RBC Capital Markets analyst Sam Crittenden said in a note: "News that the US will not impose tariffs on copper has cooled some physical-market speculative activity. Despite short-term price weakness, fundamentals remain constructive."