Oracle (ORCL.N) shares rose 5.5% in pre-market trading after first-quarter revenue and profit exceeded expectations.

The IEA monthly oil market report and the UK LME copper, aluminum, and nickel inventory changes up to September 11 will be released in ten minutes.

According to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA), diesel prices in the United States have broken the $6 per gallon mark for the first time. The national average for diesel is $6.0556 per gallon. In California, however, prices are close to $8 per gallon.

ECB Governing Council member Koch said: Given the high degree of uncertainty, we have decided to make decisions on a meeting-by-meeting basis.

Trump has pledged to send $5,000 checks to American adults if Republicans win the midterm elections. Kent Smetters, head of budget modeling at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, estimates that a full rollout would cost approximately $1.35 trillion; even with a household income cap of $400,000, the cost would still be around $1.15 trillion. If recipients spend about $400 billion of it within six months, inflation could be pushed up by as much as 0.5 percentage points over the next year.

Sweden's chief information defense official said Russia poses a threat to elections in Europe's largest democracy and called on social media platforms to step up their efforts to combat Moscow's botnets.