U.S. EIA reformulated gasoline stocks fell 1,000 barrels in the week to Oct. 2; prior week -3,000 barrels.

The euro slid to its weakest against the pound since June last year as France's deepening fiscal crisis and fresh regional political risk weighed. EUR/GBP fell about 0.4% to 0.8449, breaching this year’s July low. EUR/USD earlier hit a 17-month low and the euro underperformed most G10 currencies on Wednesday. France is facing rising bond-market stress after missing deficit targets, policy deadlock and the prospect of major policy shifts ahead of next year’s presidential election, hitting investor confidence. Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen urged the ECB to intervene to lower rapidly rising government funding costs. Turmoil has spilled into European government bonds after a large sell-off last week reminiscent of the euro-area debt crisis.

US President Trump said you will soon know how we will resolve the Iran issue.