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Cointime Today's Key News: 1. U.S. Treasuries: 10-year Treasury yield rose to 5.30%,30-year Treasury yield stood at 5.656%, as the market awaits the Federal Reserve's September interest-rate meeting minutes this week to assess how long high rates will persist. Eastmoney. 2. EUR zone:August PPI month-on-month +1.9%, year-on-year +8.2%. Energy costs continue to drive industrial inflation higher, while the market is watching the European Central Bank's subsequent policy path. 3. Russia's Ministry of Finance announced that it would October 7 to November 6 substantially increase its foreign-exchange and gold purchases, raising the purchase scale to September times 5 the total allocation of 279420000000 rubles, using excess oil and gas revenues to replenish the National Welfare Fund. Eastmoney. 4. U.S. stocks opened mixed, with the Dow edging lower while the S&P and Nasdaq rose slightly; vaccine company Vaxcyte surged more than 54%; Western Digital and Seagate Technology rose in the memory sector, while crypto-related stocks broadly strengthened. Cailian Press. 5. Commodities: Brent crude stood at 101.63 USD/ barrel,WTI crude 89.28 USD/ barrel; ICE Robusta coffee futures surged nearly 3%. Eastmoney. 6. Canada's September composite PMI rose to 48.7, while the services PMI48.3. Both indicators remained below the expansion-contraction line, and economic expansion momentum was weak. Cailian Press. 7. Major European stock indexes were mixed: Germany's DAX30 rose 0.3%, the UK's FTSE 100 rose 0.55%, while France's CAC40 edged lower.