US ISM new orders index (Aug) 53.7, down from 56.7 prior.

KIHARA: interest rates are determined by a range of market factors.

Leningrad governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said early on Sept 1 a Ukrainian drone attack damaged Ust-Luga port on the Baltic Sea and caused a fire; emergency services are on site. He later said the region's airspace danger warning was lifted and that 52 Ukrainian drones were shot down during the wave of attacks. Ust-Luga is reported to be the Baltic region's largest port and Russia's second-largest; it handled about 32.9 mln tonnes of refined oil exports in 2025, nearly one-third of Russia's refined oil exports.