•The Japanese government is considering a framework to temporarily nationalize private facilities producing strategic products like chemicals and castings.
•The plan aims to upgrade these sites with new equipment before returning them to the private sector to ensure supply chain stability.
•About 5.9 billion event contracts were traded in October, up 5% month over month and 136% year over year.
•Notional cryptocurrency trading volume was about $17 billion, down 21% month over month and 48% year over year.
•Robinhood estimated October net deposits at about $15 billion, and the total from the start of the year through the end of October at about $70 billion.
•Underlying profit before tax and non-underlying items was £76 million in the year ended August 31, 2026, compared with £108 million the previous year.
•Revenue rose 5% to £1,625 million, and like-for-like sales increased 2%.
•The trading margin fell to 8% from 10%, and the group’s trading profit declined to £130 million from £159 million.
•Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reported a record net profit exceeding AED 7.1 billion for the first nine months of 2026, an 11% year-on-year increase.
•The benchmark price for raw sugar has risen about 25% since the start of 2026, topping $450 a ton in mid-October.
•The International Sugar Organization expects a global deficit of 0.2 million tons in the 2026/27 season, following a surplus of 1.1 million tons in the previous season.
•India’s monsoon-season rainfall in 2026 was 12.6% below the national average.
