BP CEO said drilling in the Boomerang block could start this year if the Tupinamba project proceeds as planned.

Prediction-market platform Polymarket is investigating a series of well-timed, highly profitable trades executed during this week’s Israeli election. Ledger analysis shows hundreds of new accounts placed bets on Netanyahu and the Likud bloc just before polls closed on Tuesday; those positions quickly moved into profit. After partial exit polls indicated Likud would win more seats than early reports suggested, some of the involved accounts collectively cashed out more than $100,000. The episode raises further concerns about potential insider-trading risk in prediction markets.

Eurozone preliminary Q3 GDP annual rate 1.3% (est. 1.1%; prior 1.2%).