UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on the 5th a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an "unidentified projectile", causing an engine-room fire; crew are fighting the blaze. The captain reported no casualties and no environmental damage detected to date. Earlier UKMTO notices said two tankers and an LPG carrier were attacked in the Strait on the 3rd and 4th, and another tanker was turned back by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the 5th.

South African petrol prices will hit record highs as an oil-price shock from the Iran war feeds into the government’s monthly fuel-price adjustments. Gauteng 95-octane petrol will rise 3.33 rand per litre (about $0.20) to 30.25 rand/litre on Oct. 7, a 12% increase, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said in an emailed statement. Wholesale diesel will increase by up to 3.24 rand/litre. The move adds to upward pressure on global fuel prices and will disproportionately affect African households given high reliance on road transport. Fuel-driven price rises have pushed South African CPI to 4.4% since the war began in late February, prompting two rate hikes by the South African Reserve Bank so far this year, and could increase pressure on the bank to tighten further to defend its 3% inflation target.

日本央行行長植田和男：即使在9月加息之後，寬鬆的金融環境仍繼續支撐着經濟活動。