Iranian media report Saudi Aramco's headquarters was forced to evacuate after a missile strike.

COLLINS (Fed) said elevated energy prices are likely to keep inf above 2%.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs monitoring: as of 14:00 on Oct 14 the Agricultural Wholesale Price 200 Index stood at 113.48, down 0.45 points vs yesterday; the 'vegetable-basket' wholesale price index was 113.37, down 0.52 points. Nationwide wholesale prices: pork 15.92 yuan/kg, down 0.1% vs yesterday; beef 72.82 yuan/kg, down 1.0%; mutton 67.10 yuan/kg, down 0.3%; eggs 9.69 yuan/kg, down 0.4%; live chicken 17.33 yuan/kg, up 0.8%.