Newsquak Desk Update: Monday: 7th September 2026 - US Labor Day

Newsquawk StaffPublished 7 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTCOn the live feed at 15:40 UTC — 2 more headlines followed before this page went public

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15:56

Germany said to discuss gas storage help with SEFE and Uniper (UN0 GY)

15:46

Qatar LNG vessel closes in on Strait of Hormuz for exit, according to reports, citing data

15:40

Newsquak Desk Update: Monday: 7th September 2026 - US Labor Day

15:02

Copper hits new all time high above USD 14,350 a tonne on LME

14:57

Iran warns ships face strike risk near Oman's Khasab, Fars reports

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ENERGY/3 Sept · 08:03 UTC

Russian President Putin says that Russia and Ukraine should agree first; he notes that there is an opportunity to reach a peace agreement.

with Brent Nov, after we published−1.3%

Energy prices fell following Russian President Putin's more conciliatory comments.

EQUITIES/3 Sept · 04:54 UTC

North Korea stripped references to "peaceful unification" with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea, according to Yonhap.

Equity indices, after we published−3.3%

EQUITIES/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

ES, after we published−0.2%

ENERGY/1 Sept · 16:17 UTC

Initial reports of an American attack on Iran, reports i24's Stein.

- Brent (V6), after we published+1.2%

METALS/1 Sept · 08:06 UTC

Two oil supertankers were reportedly hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, reports citing Marisks suggest (details light)

Spot Gold, after we published−1.0%

FX/28 Aug · 14:00 UTC

Fed Chair Warsh says Fed has more work to do unless confident underlying inflation is moving towards 2% objective

DXY, after we published+0.5%

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