Brent crude rose above $102/bbl, up 2.22% on the day, on concerns about attacks on shipping in the Gulf and US hurricane-related production outages. WTI extended gains to 1.9% intraday.

Trump said he is no longer seeking a deal with Iran, after reports that U.S. forces are preparing possible strikes against Iran that could occur before the midterm elections. He said the deal "is not something I really want to do," but that Iran had been offering terms for a ceasefire. He added U.S. Middle East envoy Witkoff has been working to broker the agreement and that progress was "very good." Earlier this week Trump said a key problem in talks was uncertainty over who is in control in Iran during negotiations. Iranian officials rejected that claim, saying the opposite, and foreign ministry spokesman Baghaei pointed to inconsistent U.S. official positions and confused messaging.

英國央行：審慎監管局（PRA）提議未來銀行、保險和信用合作社的128項門檻將隨着名義國內生產總值（GDP）自動上調。