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German government bond futures fell to their lowest level since 2011; French government bond futures hit a record low.

The yield on Japan's 30-year government bonds rose 2.5 basis points to 4.155%.

Japan's final manufacturing PMI for August was 54.9, compared to 55.1 in the previous month.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index opened down 33.30 points, or 0.37%, at 9042.70 on Tuesday, September 1.

According to the Wall Street Journal, billionaire Josley Batista, a JBS shareholder, lobbied Trump to lower tariffs on beef imports to curb rising domestic beef prices in the United States.

The NI225 opened down 543.35 points, or 0.82%, at 65,768.58 on Tuesday, September 1.

Japan's corporate capital expenditure grew at an annualized rate of 1.6% in the second quarter, compared with 0.00% in the previous quarter.

TD Securities Global Head of Commodities Strategy, Melek: Traders reduced their net crude oil positions this week due to continued uncertainty surrounding the next phase of the Iranian conflict. We still expect crude oil prices to continue rising, as there are no signs that normal passage through the Strait of Hormuz will resume in the near term.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Anthropic has signed a $35 billion cloud computing deal backed by Nvidia.

The UK's BRC Shop Price Index rose 1.5% year-on-year in August, down from 0.90% in the previous month.

Australia's final S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for August was 52, unchanged from the previous month.

The UK's Office for Maritime Trade Operations reported that an oil tanker was attacked by three unidentified flying objects while sailing out of the Strait of Hormuz; no casualties or environmental impact have been reported so far.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Office has received reports of an incident occurring 17 nautical miles east of Hasab, Oman.

Market sources say that U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter told Russian Finance Minister Siluanov on the sidelines of the G20 meeting that no agreement could be reached with Russia before the war ends.

Market news: Sources familiar with the matter revealed that U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter told Russian Finance Minister Siluanov that the United States would not provide economic aid to Russia until the war in Ukraine ends.

U.S. officials: U.S. oil company NABEP will take over some Venezuelan oil fields previously operated by Russia and other companies.

Market news: The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $800 million sale of helicopters to Iraq.

The UK Treasury: The National Crime Agency has issued a national alert regarding Russia's A7 sanctions circumvention network, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Healy has increased the maximum fine for violating sanctions to 100%.

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Trump due to long-standing disagreements with Defense Secretary Hergese over the direction of Army reform and the reshuffling of senior officers, and is expected to leave office within days.

According to Japan's Kyodo News: Japanese and U.S. finance ministers held talks amid continued yen weakness.