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(Updates prices to market close) Oct 9 (Reuters) – * Japanese rubber futures rose on Thursday, tracking the Nikkei and supported by trade resuming in China following the National Day holiday. * The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for March delivery was up 3.1 yen, or 1.01%, at 310 yen ($2.03) per kg. * The rubber contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) for January delivery rose 235 yuan, or 1.55%, to 15,295 yuan ($2,145.49) per metric ton. * The most-active November butadiene rubber contract on the SHFE gained 150 yuan, or 1.34%, to 11,325 yuan per ton. * Trading resumed in Chinese markets after the conclusion of the National Day holiday. * Japan's Nikkei climbed 1.8% to finish the day at a new record high. * Brazil's auto sales rose 7.9% in September to 243,230 units, though production decreased 1.5% to 243,405 units. * Brazil is home to the largest car market in South America. * Automobile sales could influence the intensity of automobile manufacturing, which involves using rubber-made tyres. * Top rubber producer Thailand's meteorological agency warned of heavy rains and accumulations that may cause flash floods and overflows from October 13-15. * The yen was slightly stronger at 152.55 per dollar, having slipped to an eight-month low of 153 per dollar overnight. * A stronger Japanese currency makes yen-denominated assets less affordable to overseas buyers. * Oil prices were little changed as investors weighed a ceasefire deal in Gaza against stalled peace talks in Ukraine. * Natural rubber often takes direction from oil prices as it competes for market share with synthetic rubber, which is made from crude oil. * The front-month rubber contract on Singapore Exchange's SICOM platform for November delivery last traded at 172.5 U.S. cents per kg, up 1.5%. ($1 = 152.9900 yen) ($1 = 7.1289 Chinese yuan) (Reporting by Lucas Liew; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Janane Venkatraman)

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EU'S VON DER LEYEN: CONFIDENT OVER EUR 400 BILLION WILL BE MOBILISED BY 2027 FOR GLOBAL GATEWAY, EU'S GLOBAL SOUTH INVESTMENT PLAN

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(Adds details on sector in paragraph 3 and 4, details from report from 5-8) Oct 9 (Reuters) – Britain's telecom and media regulator Ofcom on Thursday said it found no immediate competition concerns with Openreach's special offer, which allows internet service providers to upgrade customers to high-speed fiber connections at discounted rates. "We do not at this point in time have prima facie concerns that would lead us to decide to investigate the offer in further detail," Ofcom said in a statement. The decision comes as Britain pushes to ramp up ultrafast broadband rollout as rival networks invest billions into fibre networks, intensifying price competition. Competing providers have argued that Openreach’s discounted offer prices fiber services below the costs of a reasonably efficient operator and risks locking them out of the market before their networks are ready. Openreach, owned by Britain’s largest broadband provider BT Group, has launched a discount scheme allowing internet service providers to upgrade customers to full fibre while paying the lower 80/20 Mbps rental rate from October 10 to April 2026. Ofcom said Openreach's average fiber-to-the-premises price remains above its estimated cost range for an efficient operator even with the new offer factored in, and noted the discount applies only to a narrow segment of proactive customer migrations that internet providers initiate rather than customers request. The regulator said it will use formal information-gathering powers to monitor the offer's impact on pricing and provider behaviour, and stands ready to intervene quickly if necessary while considering the evidence when setting rules for 2026-2031. Ofcom said it is still reviewing responses from its consultation and plans to publish final decisions in March 2026. (Reporting by Raechel Thankam Job in Bengaluru; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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CHINA'S XI WILL DELIVER SPEECH AT WOMEN'S SUMMIT – XINHUA

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(Revises Bugey 3, Golfech 2 outage restart dates under current outages) Oct 9 (Reuters) – The following table provides information on outages at French utility EDF's nuclear reactors. France has 62,990 megawatts (MW) of nuclear generation capacity provided by 57 reactors, data from power grid operator RTE shows. Reuters estimates that 19,330 MW, or about 31%, of that capacity is offline. That puts online availability at 43,660 MW or about 69%. Please click on the link at the bottom to access the data. CURRENT OUTAGES REACTOR NAME CAPACITY (MW) OUTAGE START EXPECTED RESTART REASON NOGENT 2 1,310 Oct 07, 2025 Oct 10, 2025 Planned outage DAMPIERRE 4 890 Oct 06, 2025 Nov 15, 2025 Planned outage CATTENOM 1 1,300 Oct 04, 2025 Oct 15, 2025 Planned outage CIVAUX 1 1,495 Oct 03, 2025 Nov 15, 2025 Planned outage GRAVGELINES 3 910 Oct 03, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 Planned outage PENLY 1 1,330 Sep 30, 2025 Nov 12, 2025 Planned outage ST LAURENT 2 915 Sep 26, 2025 Nov 08, 2025 Planned outage CHINON 2 905 Sep 12, 2025 Oct 22, 2025 Planned outage CHOOZ 1 1,500 Aug 22, 2025 Nov 25, 2025 Planned outage BELLEVILLE 2 1,310 Aug 22, 2025 Nov 26, 2025 Planned outage 910 Aug Oct 30, Planned BUGEY 3 + 16, 2025 2025 ND outage GRAVELINES 1 910 Jul 11, 2025 Oct 28, 2025 Planned outage FLAMANVILLE 3 1,620 Jun 24, 2025 Oct 17, 2025 Unplanned outage DAMPIERRE 1 890 Jun 27, 2025 Sep 28, 2025 Planned outage CRUAS 1 915 Jun 14, 2025 Dec 01, 2025 Planned outage 1,310 Apr Nov 02, Planned GOLFECH 2 + 18, 2025 2025 ND outage BLAYAIS 4 910 Apr 05, 2025 Oct 16, 2025 Planned outage TOTAL OUTAGES 19,330 PLANNED OUTAGES IN FUTURE 905 Nov Nov 22, Planned CHINON 1 + 22, 2025 2025 outage CHINON 2 905 Nov 29, 2025 Nov 29, 2025 Planned outage TRICASTIN 1 915 Oct 25, 2025 Oct 25, 2025 Planned outage FLAMNAVILLE 1 1,330 Oct 10, 2025 Oct 14, 2025 Planned outage CRUAS 3 915 Oct 11, 2025 Oct 13, 2025 Planned outage FLAMANVILLE 2 1,330 Oct 31, 2025 Jun 17, 2026 Planned outage CHINON 3 905 Dec 06, 2025 Dec 06, 2025 Planned outage BELLEVILLE 1 1,310 Jan 18, 2026 Jan 18, 2026 Planned outage BLAYAIS 3 910 Jan 17, 2026 Apr 13, 2026 Planned outage ST ALBAN 1 1,335 Feb 28, 2026 Jun 05, 2026 Planned outage NOGENT 2 1,310 Apr 04, 2026 May 25, 2026 Planned outage BLAYAIS 2 910 Apr 11, 2026 Jul 03, 2026 Planned outage BLAYAIS 1 910 Apr 30, 2026 May 14, 2026 Planned outage RECENT RESTARTS REACTOR NAME CAPACITY (MW) OUTAGE START RESTART DATE REASON 1,330 Oct Oct 08, PENLY 2 + 08, 2025 2025 Unplanned outage GRAVELINES 5 910 Oct 02, 2025 Oct 07, 2025 Planned outage BLAYAIS 1 910 Oct 05, 2025 Oct 06, 2025 Planned outage CHOOZ 2 1,500 Oct 05, 2025 Oct 05, 2025 Planned outage TRICASTIN 1 915 Oct 04, 2025 Oct 05, 2025 Planned outage TRICASTIN 4 915 Oct 04, 2025 Oct 05, 2025 Planned outage CHINON 1 905 Oct 05, 2025 Oct 05, 2025 Planned outage DAMPIERRE 4 890 Oct 04, 2025 Oct 04, 2025 Planned outage CATTENOM 1 1,300 Oct 03, 2025 Oct 04, 2025 Unplanned outage PENLY 2 1,330 Oct 05, 2025 Oct 05, 2025 Planned outage +: Latest change ND: New date NOTE: Data excludes partial capacity cuts. Data on those can be seen on RTE's website: https://www.services-rte.com/en/view-data-published-by-rte/downtime-of-generation-resources.html (Reporting by Ishaan Arora)

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Oct 9 (Reuters) – Komercni Banka as: * KOMERCNI BANKA: SUCCESSFULLY PLACES EUR 750 MILLION EUROPEAN COVERED BONDS (PREMIUM) DUE OCTOBER 2030 Source text: Further company coverage:

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ERDOGAN SAYS TURKEY WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THE STRICT IMPLEMENTATION OF AGREEMENT AND CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROCESS

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Oct 9 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warned of a heightened risk of a significant correction in the U.S. stock market within the next six months to two years, the BBC reported. "I am far more worried about that than others," Dimon said, adding there were a "lot of things out there" creating an atmosphere of uncertainty, pointing to risk factors including geopolitical tensions, fiscal spending, and global remilitarization. "All these things cause a lot of issues that we don't know how to answer," he told the BBC in an interview on Wednesday, highlighting that the U.S. stock market faces increased risks of being overheated. Dimon also expressed mild concern about inflation but remained confident in the Federal Reserve's independence despite criticism from the Trump administration of Fed Chair Jerome Powell. Dimon expressed caution about the U.S. economic outlook last month, warning that the full impact of tariffs, immigration, geopolitics, and President Donald Trump's tax and spending policies remains uncertain due to their long-term cycles. (Reporting by Bipasha Dey in Bengaluru; Editing by Susan Fenton)

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EU'S VON DER LEYEN: WELCOME THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN AGREEMENT TO SECURE A CEASEFIRE AND THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES IN GAZA, BASED ON THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY US PRESIDENT

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Oct 9 (Reuters) – British chemicals firm Johnson Matthey said on Thursday it expects its annual profit to come in at the higher end of its initial guidance. The company had previously forecast its underlying operating profit to grow by mid-single digit for the year ended March 31. (Reporting by DhanushVignesh Babu in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

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