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[Overnight global news you need to know on Saturday: Trump said he may launch a small-scale "Epic Fury" operation against Iraq; tensions in the Middle East pushed oil prices to a seven-month high; the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down]
1. U.S. President Trump said on October 23, local time, that the United States may conduct another small-scale "Epic Fury" operation, or Iran may choose to compromise.
2. U.S. President Trump said that the United States can end the Iran war "very quickly." He further said that the question now is "do we want to end it or let it slowly wither".
3. The Russian army announced a ceasefire and a "state of silence" in the direction of Kherson starting from the 27th. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov said that the military is currently coordinating the ceasefire period in the city of Oreshki in the Kherson region.
4. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy announced that two supertankers trying to illegally pass through the southern Strait of Hormuz struck a mine earlier that day.
5. U.S. bank deposits increased to $19.810 trillion from $19.772 trillion in the previous week.
6. OpenAI confirmed in an official statement that it is currently carrying out cutting-edge model training in a closed system that is not connected to the Internet at all. The company has specially built a completely isolated environment called "offline world" for model training.
7. Dark Side of the Moon releases Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed.
8. Citigroup said that under the base scenario, the tin price is expected to be US$60,000/ton in 6 to 12 months, and the bull market scenario is US$70,000/ton.
9. Moody's maintains France's Aa3 credit rating unchanged, with a negative rating outlook.
10. The three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.24%, with a cumulative decline of 0.41% this week; the Nasdaq fell 0.21%, with a cumulative decline of 0.71% this week; the S&P 500 Index fell 0.52%, with a cumulative decline of 0.47% this week.
11. The settlement price of WTI crude oil futures was US$103.27/barrel, an increase of US$3.8, or 3.82%, and a cumulative increase of more than 4.3% this week. The settlement price of Brent crude oil futures was US$116.72 per barrel, up US$3.55, or 3.14%, hitting a seven-month high, with a cumulative increase of more than 6.2% this week.
12. COMEX gold futures closed down 1.24% at US$4,010 per ounce, with a cumulative decline of 4.22% this week; COMEX silver futures fell 1.9% at US$53.96 per ounce, with a cumulative decline of 5.56% this week.
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