紐約期金日內下跌1.00%，現報4452.20美元/盎司。

Danske Bank analysts say markets will watch upcoming Fed policy meetings to judge whether Fed Chair Kevin Wash will act on inflation concerns. Citing Wash’s view that inflation remains above target, financial conditions are not yet meaningfully tighter, the labour market is stable and growth is broadly steady but uneven, Danske still expects rate increases in December and March, but judges the risk tilted toward earlier hikes.

美光科技(MU.O)中國臺灣公司表示，臺灣地區是美光全球最大的製造基地，今年的績效獎金髮放金額將創下公司歷史新高。激勵薪酬計劃的細節將於10月公佈，在此期間將繼續與員工進行對話。

With eight months to the French presidential vote, markets are showing stress: France’s borrowing premium over Germany has climbed to levels close to the highs seen during the 2012 European sovereign-debt crisis. Investors are focused on who will succeed pro-business centrist Macron and how they would tackle a >5% fiscal deficit, rising debt servicing costs and growth teetering near recession. Front-runners on the extremes — Marine Le Pen on the right and Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the left — propose sharply divergent fiscal programmes, including higher spending, lower retirement ages, partial debt forgiveness and even stopping France’s contributions to the EU. Gavekal Research CEO Louis-Vincent Gave says, absent a parliamentary majority, fiscal space or political capital, it is unclear how the government could staunch fiscal deterioration and the risk is that the bleed accelerates. The 15-year French government yield, viewed as less affected by short-term monetary policy, and its spread to the German same-tenor rate are near post-2012 peaks, signalling markets are pricing a structural deterioration in France’s long-term fiscal position relative to Germany.

A Taiwan union representing nearly two-thirds of Micron Technology's (MU.O) 15,000 Taiwan employees said an internal August survey showed more than 80% of members support strike action.

Spot gold fell more than 1.0% intraday, trading at $4,404.47/oz.