At the morning open on Wednesday Sep 23, Shanghai Gold Exchange Gold T+D rose 0.5% to 940.0 yuan/gram; Shanghai Gold Exchange Silver T+D rose 1.74% to 16,297.0 yuan/kg.

Ukrainian drone attacks have left Black Sea shipping routes effectively closed, prompting Russia to begin routing grain from its south through the Arctic port of Murmansk as soon as next month. Murmansk will use equipment normally employed for fertilizer loading and a direct-transfer system that loads railcars straight into ship holds—technology typically used for potash—and is upgrading conveyor belts to handle larger grain volumes. The port is roughly 2,700 km from Russia’s main grain gateway Novorossiysk but can be accessed via neutral waters. Russian firms are converting fertilizer, coal and other bulk terminals in Baltic and Arctic ports, including Murmansk, to process grain exports.

港交所文件顯示：匯豐控股(00005.HK)9月21日斥資9320萬港元回購58萬股股份。