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Australia's S&P Global Services PMI preliminary reading for September was 51.4, compared to 53.2 in the previous month.

Australia's preliminary S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for September was 49.3, down from 52 in the previous month.

Australia's preliminary S&P Global Composite PMI for September was 50.8, compared to 52.7 in the previous month.

Syrian President: The United States is working with us in dialogue and negotiations with Israel, but things are not easy.

According to Al Jazeera: A U.S. State Department spokesperson said that the U.S. will not accept the Iranian government's proposal to control passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

Amazon Web Services (AWS): Amazon CloudWatch Omni is now officially available; the IDE extension is free.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Azerbaijan announced that it is suspending flights operated by Iran Air starting today due to US sanctions.

NASA and SpaceX (SPCX.O) have set 11:10 a.m. ET on Thursday, October 1 (11:10 p.m. Beijing time) as the earliest launch window for the Crew-13 mission.

Downing Street: British Prime Minister Burnham met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the United Nations General Assembly today to discuss ongoing initiatives related to artificial intelligence security.

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.