Yemen's Houthi movement denied launching an attack on Saudi Arabia's holy city Mecca.

Toke Group has built sizable long positions in LME aluminum and is a key participant in an intensifying inventory-driven squeeze, sources said. LME data show several institutions hold large longs in short-dated aluminum contracts ahead of the November front-month expiry next Wednesday. While modest by historical absolute standards, the combined longs in the November contract exceed the exchange's current available stocks of 226,350 tonnes — the lowest LME inventory since 1990.

The Information reports interim CEO and CFO Colette Kress has repeatedly objected to high‑risk deals pushed by Jensen Huang and may pursue a more conservative operating strategy. Kress opposed a prior plan for NVIDIA to provide up to $250 bln in credit support to OpenAI; that package was split and NVIDIA now commits about $100 bln. After data center project delays and cancelled cloud deals, Kress has moved to reduce NVIDIA’s concentration risk—the company has already provided more than $100 bln in investments and credit guarantees to customers and supply‑chain partners. Some investors fear financing support could be tightened after Huang’s departure; one cloud customer is reportedly weighing a switch to Google or AMD chips. Kress must also navigate customer procurement diversification, tighter U.S. export controls and internal power realignments; she has previously clashed with Huang and his family on company matters.