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According to Saudi Arabia's Al Arabiya TV, a US source who participated in the US-Iran talks said that Washington rejected Tehran's request to lift the blockade, and that significant differences and obstacles remain between the two sides, limiting the chances of reaching an agreement.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Oversight Division today released an employee advisory regarding the listing and trading of "event contracts" based on whether an individual utters or "mentions" a specific word, attends or appears at an event, or interacts with a specific person (e.g., betting on how many times Trump will mention the word "Iran" in a public setting). These contracts are commonly referred to as "mentions market" contracts. They carry a high risk of manipulation because their settlement depends on discrete individual actions that are neither necessarily independent nor externally verifiable.

According to Axios, two sources familiar with the matter said that U.S. Middle East envoy Witkov and Trump senior advisor Kushner will meet with the Ukrainian negotiating team and national security advisors from the UK, France and Germany in New York tonight to discuss Ukraine's proposals for a de-escalation agreement with Russia.

U.S. API crude oil production for the week ending September 18 was -527,000 barrels per day, compared to -115,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

U.S. refined product imports for the week ending September 18 were -373,000 barrels per day, compared to 307,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

U.S. crude oil imports for the week ending September 18 were -739,000 barrels, compared to -45,000 barrels in the previous week.

U.S. API Cushing crude oil inventories for the week ending September 18 were 2.082 million barrels, compared to a decrease of 246,000 barrels in the previous week.

U.S. heating oil inventories for the week ending September 18 were 435,000 barrels, compared to a decrease of 28,000 barrels in the previous week.

U.S. API distillate fuel inventories for the week ending September 18 were -2.164 million barrels, compared to an expected decrease of 459,000 barrels and a previous reading of 1.607 million barrels.

U.S. gasoline inventories for the week ending September 18 were down 2.16 million barrels, compared to an expected 158,000 barrels and a previous reading of 1.462 million barrels.

U.S. crude oil inventories for the week ending September 18 were 1.786 million barrels, compared to an expected decrease of 563,000 barrels and a previous reading of 7.144 million barrels.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: I am not letting my guard down at present; core inflation remains too high.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: So far, I have not seen significant secondary effects.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Hopefully we will never need to activate the Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI), which is unrelated to the fiscal challenges of individual countries.

New York Fed System Open Markets Account Manager Perry: The Fed’s Reserve Management Purchases (RMPs) are not a predetermined path.

New York Fed System Open Markets Account Manager Perry: The Fed’s forecasting process is robust.

New York Fed System Open Markets Account Manager Perry: Centralized clearing of the Fed's repurchase operations would be beneficial.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: ECB interest rates remain in the neutral range, and we cannot rule out the possibility that we need to move into a slightly tightening range.

The API crude oil inventory data for the week ending September 18 will be released in ten minutes.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: I don’t think there’s much uncertainty in the market’s understanding of the drivers behind our decisions.