API: U.S. crude oil imports fell 739,000 barrels in the week to Sept. 18; prior week -45,000 barrels.

US Richmond Fed manufacturing index for September -2, versus expected 2; prior 4.

On Sept. 22 at the 2026 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Group CEO Wu Yongming said machines are becoming the primary agents of thought and intelligence is evolving into a scaled commodity; he forecast total machine thinking will exceed human levels by more than 1,000 times. He identified AI models, AI chips and AI cloud as the three foundational pillars of the machine-intelligence era and said Alibaba will steadfastly invest in those infrastructure areas as a long-term strategic choice.