Venezuela's national oil company (PDVSA) has announced that by the end of this month, the country's daily crude oil production will reach 1.245 million barrels. As a major global oil reserve country, Venezuela's recovery in oil production capacity will provide crucial support for the revival of its domestic oil industry and improvement of fiscal revenues, and will also have some impact on the global oil market supply and demand landscape.

Anthropic is expected to launch its US IPO process within the next few weeks, with the company’s Q2 revenue more than doubling quarter-over-quarter. OpenAI has already informed investors that its Q2 revenue reached $6.7 billions and growth has accelerated in Q3. The company is also preparing for an IPO—expected to take place within weeks—but its revenue growth is lagging far behind Anthropic. (Wall Street Journal)

EUR/CHF has just broken through the 0.9400 mark, now quoted at 0.9401, down 0.01% on the day; GBP/JPY has just broken through the 216.00 mark, now quoted at 216.02, up 0.05% on the day.

Spot silver's intraday loss reached 1.11%, quoted at $62.60 per ounce; the main COMEX silver futures contract was last quoted at $63.47 per ounce, down 0.89% on the day.

Spot gold has just surpassed the $4,340.00/ounce mark, now quoted at $4,340.26/ounce, up 0.14% on the day; COMEX gold futures main contract is now quoted at $4,393.60/ounce, down 0.61% on the day.