As of 02:30 local time, Shanghai night-session front-month contracts closed: Shanghai gold main contract up 0.08% at 906 yuan/gram; Shanghai silver main contract down 0.70% at 14,855 yuan/kg; SC crude (Shanghai crude) main contract up 2.82% at 452 yuan/barrel.

BAILEY welcomed ANTHROPIC's restored access to MYTHOS and said he hopes to discuss with ANTHROPIC how the mechanism could apply to UK banks.

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened the period she is barred from holding public office, effectively allowing her to run in the 2027 presidential election. The court sentenced Le Pen to three years, two suspended, and ordered her to wear an electronic ankle monitor for one year. The ankle-monitor requirement and remaining sentence complicate the practical and political logistics of a presidential campaign and raise doubts over whether she will seek the presidency next year.