Gold fell on Wednesday, partly reversing prior gains, as a stronger dollar and rising expectations of Fed hawkishness — markets still price another rate hike this year — weighed on the metal. Recent Fed remarks reinforced that inf pressures persist and the case for tighter policy. Lower oil eased energy-driven inf concerns and pushed US Treasury yields down, providing some support to precious metals, but not enough to offset dollar strength.

Axios reports Trump's 'Peace Commission' will unveil at a members' meeting on Wednesday a six-month, $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan covering 66 projects. Compiled over a year by the commission and dozens of Palestinian technocrats, the proposal outlines early post-war reconstruction and governance priorities with planned spending on temporary housing, rubble clearance, hospital repairs, economic revival and deployment of multinational security forces. The commission, which includes 28 member states, says the plan requires cooperation from Israel and Hamas and aims to begin once Israel's Oct. 27 election concludes and a new government is formed.

Through 2025 China’s agricultural exports have recorded five consecutive years of positive growth. In Jan-Aug, exports totalled CNY 492.03 bln, up 4.2% YoY; main categories were vegetables and edible fungi, aquatic products, dried/fresh melons and fruits, and nuts. Shandong exported CNY 114.05 bln (23.2% of the national total), up 5.5% YoY and ranking first nationwide for the 27th consecutive year.