US Vice President Vance said sometimes Ukrainians are a bit stubborn and sometimes Russians are; diplomacy's task is to address those issues and work to resolve them.

Spot gold fell 2.00% intraday to $4,057.67/oz.

The 74th chairpersons' meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee, chaired by Zhao Leji, met on the afternoon of Oct. 22 in Beijing and set the 25th NPCSC session for Nov. 2-6 in Beijing. The meeting recommended the 25th session review drafts and proposals including: a Financial Law draft; a State-owned Assets Law draft; a draft Anti-Cross-Border Corruption Law; a Procuratorate Public Interest Litigation Law draft; proposed amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law; a Water Law revision draft; a Renewable Energy Law revision proposal from the NPC Environment and Resources Committee; State Council proposals to revise the Tax Collection and Management Law and to amend 15 laws including the Emergency Response Law; an Antarctic Activities and Environmental Protection Law draft; and a State Council proposal to approve the agreement establishing a World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.