ZELENSKIY said on Nov 4 he held a roughly 90-minute call with US presidential envoy Witkoff and Kushner ahead of trilateral talks planned for Nov 10-11 in Abu Dhabi; Ukraine has submitted proposals to the US seeking to accelerate negotiations and urged Washington to provide more air-defence interceptors. Russia confirmed on Nov 3 the talks will be held Nov 10-11 in Abu Dhabi and said its delegation will be led by presidential aide Mekinsky, who will remain Russia's chief negotiator.

South Korea 3-year corporate bond yield fell 3.4 bps to 4.388%.

Franklin Templeton’s Australia fixed-income head says the initial market reaction to the US midterms has been a modest shift from equities into bonds and a rise in risk aversion. He warned that if Democrats win control of Congress markets may view this as a constraint on President Trump’s growth agenda, particularly in AI and the resources sector. Traders also increasingly see the RBA as close to ending its tightening cycle; three‑year Australian government bond yields are down about 15bps since early this week.