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Gold prices edged higher on Monday, recovering part of last week's steep losses after easing US-China trade tensions spurred investors to shift toward riskier assets. Spot gold rose 0.4% to $4,263.59 per ounce, rebounding after a 1.8% drop on Friday — its largest single-day fall since mid-May. Despite the decline, the metal still notched its best weekly gain since April, having earlier surged to an all-time high of $4,378.69 per ounce. US gold futures for December delivery climbed 1.5% to $4,275.40 per ounce. Spot silver advanced 0.5% to $52.08 per ounce, following a sharp 4.4% drop in the previous session — its biggest intraday loss since early April — after touching a record high of $54.47. Among other precious metals, platinum fell 1.1% to $1,591.55, while palladium slipped 0.5% to $1,467.16 per ounce.

European stocks retreated on Thursday under pressure from losses in the healthcare and industrials sectors in early trading, with focus on remarks from a number of Federal Reserve (US central bank) policymakers and data scheduled later in the day to clarify the path of monetary policy.The pan‑European STOXX 600 index fell 0.5 percent to 551.3 points.Most European stock exchanges also opened lower, with both Germany's benchmark index and the UK's FTSE 100 down 0.4 percent.The healthcare stocks index dropped 1.1 percent, with German medical technology firm Siemens Healthineers falling 6 percent.British medical device maker Smith and Nephew also slipped by 1.1 percent.Losses also included the construction and building materials sector, which fell 1.1 percent, and the industrial goods and services sector, down 0.6 percent.

The Ukrainian Army said that the total combat losses of Russian forces since the start of the war on Ukrainian territory—from Feb. 24, 2022, to Sep. 25, 2025—amount to approximately 1,105,490 personnel, including 940 killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement that the Russian army has lost 11,201 tanks, 23,287 armored combat vehicles, 33,133 artillery systems, 1,501 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), 1,222 air defense systems, 426 aircraft, 345 helicopters, 63,235 operational-tactical UAVs, 3,747 cruise missiles, 28 warships/boats, 1 submarine, 62,736 vehicles and fuel tanks, and 3,975 units of special equipment, according to Ukraine news agency (Ukrinform).Russia and Ukraine have been exchanging reports almost daily since the beginning of the war without independent verification of these claims due to the conditions of the war and ongoing battles since Feb. 24, 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia lacks the strength to conduct large-scale operations on the front, in light of the heavy losses its forces have suffered after more than three and a half years of war." Russia prepared offensive operations along four main axes this year: Sumy, Novopavlivka, Pokrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia," Zelenskyy said on X."The Sumy operation has already failed and Russia suffered heavy losses, especially in manpower, and has redeployed forces to other fronts. The Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted even greater losses on them there," he added.

The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) general index dropped 43.36 points, or 0.39%, to 11,033 points at the start of trading on Thursday, compared with the previous session's close. Losses were recorded across four sectors: The Telecoms and the Banks and Financial Services sectors both declined by (-0.64%), Consumer Goods and Services (-0.24%), and Industrials (-0.14%). In contrast, gains were recorded in Insurance (+0.23%), Transportation (+0.21%), and Real Estate (+0.05%). As of 10:00 am, QSE recorded 2,480 transactions worth QR 31.144 million, distributed to 10.895 million shares.

Oil prices extended losses for a third consecutive session in early trading Friday as markets awaited the outcome of an OPEC+ meeting scheduled for Sunday that will discuss the possibility of further production increases.Brent Crude futures fell 23 cents, or 0.3%, to $66.77 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude dropped 19 cents, or 0.3%, to $63.29. At the upcoming meeting, OPEC+ members will weigh an additional output hike in October. Such a move would begin to unwind a second tranche of production cuts totaling about 1.65 million barrels per day, equivalent to 1.6% of global demand, more than a year ahead of schedule.The group currently accounts for roughly half of the world's oil supply. On the supply side, US crude inventories unexpectedly rose by 2.4 million barrels last week as refineries entered seasonal maintenance. Analysts had forecast a 2-million-barrel draw, while data from the American Petroleum Institute indicated a smaller build of around 600,000 barrels.