MOFCOM said it noted the FCC vote approving restrictions on testing laboratories, describing the move as a unilateral U.S. action that ignored China's repeated representations and breached leaders' consensus. It said the measures harm Chinese and other trading partners' interests, disrupt Sino‑U.S. trade stability and global supply chains, and that China is strongly dissatisfied and has already taken countermeasures. MOFCOM said the door to resolve the issue through consultation remains open, ur

Russian Deputy Prime Minister NOVAK said Russia has ample diesel stocks for the winter.

Long-dated government bonds, which punished buyers for much of the year, have seen yields climb high enough to draw investors back to the long end. The re-entry trade has drawn portfolio managers at JPMorgan Asset Management, Robeco, Ninety One and Allianz Global Investors. In October, an index tracking global government bonds maturing 10 years and longer returned 2.2%, easily outperforming the flat showing of 1–3 year sovereigns and marking the first month since February that long bonds beat short. JPMorgan AM global fixed income head Bob Michele said the long end had been oversold and was deeply dislocated; AJ Bell investment director Hilary Winn said she views the move as a pause rather than a turning point and still prefers high-quality, short-duration exposure over chasing a long-bond rebound.