European Commission President Von der Leyen strongly condemned a drone attack on a commercial vessel off the Bulgarian coast.

The IMF warned ongoing El Nifio-driven extreme weather could further weaken commodity markets, amplify high fertilizer prices and disrupt transport and other climate-sensitive sectors. Past episodes show El Nifio tends to lift food and commodity prices and slow economic activity, especially where food has a large consumer-weight. Risks are concentrated in energy-importing emerging markets and developing economies with limited fiscal space and weak external buffers; sustained high commodity prices could widen current-account deficits and increase exchange-rate stress. Higher inf could force central banks into tighter policy, further weighing on growth.

布倫特原油向上觸及105美元/桶，爲9月15日以來新高，日內漲2.21%。