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On September 11, the U.S. dollar strengthened against the Swiss franc, rising 0.48% to 0.8167 as of New York's market close. The pair spiked further 60 seconds after the U.S. CPI inflation data release at 20:30 Beijing time, bringing weekly gains to 0.84% (the week the European Central Bank announced a rate hike on Thursday).

This week, New York cocoa futures declined 4.24%, closing at $5,913 per metric ton on Friday (September 11), while London cocoa futures fell 4.54%. ICE arabica coffee futures dropped 3.35% and coffee C futures fell 2.95%, though robusta coffee gained 2.68%. ICE raw sugar futures rose 0.72% and white sugar futures climbed 0.65%.

According to the CFTC, fund managers reduced S&P 500 futures net long positions to their lowest level last week, indicating a pullback in bullish sentiment among major market participants.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor and CME data, on September 11, COMEX December gold futures (GCZ6) declined 0.05% to $4,405.20 per troy ounce after the August core Consumer Price Index rose 0.3% month-over-month, exceeding market expectations of 0.2%. The stronger-than-expected inflation reading triggered a sharp increase in Fed rate hike expectations. According to CME FedWatch, federal funds rate futures showed a 86.5% probability of a rate increase in the following week as of 1:07 PM

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), WTI crude oil speculators increased their net long positions by 21,153 contracts to 140,046 for the week ending September 8, 2026.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of the week ending September 8, positioning in major currency futures showed: British pound net short of 58,836 contracts, euro net short of 42,616 contracts, Swiss franc net short of 29,985 contracts, and Japanese yen net long of 10,796 contracts.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Bitcoin net long positions stood at 1,524 contracts for the week of September 8.

According to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), during the week of September 8, natural gas speculators increased their net short positions by 3,719 contracts across NYMEX and ICE's four major markets, bringing the total to 54,416 contracts.

According to COMEX data as of the week ending September 8, gold speculators reduced net long positions by 1,263 contracts to 139,548, while silver speculators increased net long positions by 2,006 contracts to 14,176. Copper speculators also raised net long positions by 9,016 contracts to 82,017.

According to Iranian media Fars News, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman stated on September 11 that Saudi Arabia, Japan, and Jordan will face consequences for supporting an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution against Iran.

On Friday, Sept 11, USD/JPY declined 0.45% to close at 153.73 in New York late trading. The pair fell 1.63% for the week, trading between 156.28 and 152.89. A significant drop occurred on Sept 7, followed by continued consolidation at lower levels.

According to JPMorgan Chase, on Friday the bank raised its interest rate expectations for the Federal Reserve, now forecasting rate hikes of 25 basis points each in September and December. Michael Feroli, the bank's chief U.S. economist, cited persistent core PCE inflation above 3% each month this year with recent progress toward the 2% target remaining minimal as justification for the rate increases.

On Friday, September 11, the ICE Dollar Index rose 0.07% to 99.118 following the U.S. CPI inflation data release at 20:30 Beijing time, exhibiting a sharp V-shaped recovery pattern. The index peaked during the data release, then retreated. The Bloomberg Dollar Index fell 0.02% to 1190.45. For the week, both indices remained near flat, with the ICE Dollar Index trading between 1184.82 and 1192.98 points.

On Friday (Sept 11), CBOT soybean futures declined 2.50% to close at $12.99 per bushel, with a weekly loss of 0.86%, according to market data. The Bloomberg Commodity Index fell 1.88% to 34.5625 points during the session. CBOT corn futures dropped 0.33% to $5.32 per bushel, while wheat futures fell 2.02% to $7.2625 per bushel. The U.S. Department of Agriculture released grain stock data overnight, triggering sharp price volatility across grain markets.

As of September 11, the U.S. Central Command has forced 99 commercial vessels to change course to ensure compliance with relevant requirements.

According to an internal memo on Sept. 10, Julian Sawyer stepped down as CEO of Zodia Custody to become strategic adviser as the institutional digital-asset custodian prepares to separate its custody and infrastructure businesses. Richard Clark, chief revenue officer, will lead the custody operation through its planned acquisition by Standard Chartered, while executives Craig Perrin and Anoosh Arevshatian will oversee development of Zodia Solutions, a new infrastructure and services business for

According to Venezuela's ruling Socialist Party, on September 11, the defense team of President Nicolas Maduro filed a request to temporarily release First Lady Celia Flores from U.S. detention. The application was submitted to a New York federal court, citing urgent medical conditions, constitutional principles, and security assurances as grounds for her provisional release.

Offshore Chinese yuan (CNY) closed at 6.7079 against the US dollar in early Asian trading on September 11, up 36 points from Thursday's close. Trading volume reached 48.767 billion US dollars.

According to Cointelegraph, Crypto Banter founder Ran Neuner warned on the Chain Reaction podcast that regulation poses the biggest risk to Hyperliquid, predicting decentralized exchanges will face greater government scrutiny once regulators finish establishing rules for centralized platforms. Hyperliquid leads the decentralized perpetual futures sector with approximately $223 billion in trading volume over the past 30 days, according to DeFiLlama data. Neuner noted that while network effects ma

According to Bloomberg, Italy's second-largest bank UniCredit is considering launching crypto asset custody services, including custody, tokenized investment products, stablecoins, and cryptocurrency exposure. The Milan-based lender is currently evaluating technology providers to build infrastructure for holding digital assets and facilitating their trading. The move aligns with broader European bank adoption: Spain's BBVA has launched bitcoin trading and custody to all clients via its app, Open