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Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hellenic Exchanges Athens Stock Exchange SA: * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS EURONEXT RECEIVED APPROVALS FOR COMMENCEMENT OF TENDER OFFER PERIOD * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS COMMENCEMENT PERIOD FOR SHARE OFFERING OPENS OCT 6 * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT EXPECTED NOV 19 * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS EURONEXT SEEKS 67% MINIMUM TENDER FOR COMPLETION * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS EURONEXT TO DELIST ATHEX IF 95% VOTING RIGHTS REACHED * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS IF 67% TO UNDER 90% OF ATHEX SHARES ARE TENDERED THE SHARES WILL CONTINUE TRADING ON ATHEX * HELLENIC EXCHANGES ATHENS STOCK EXCHANGE SAYS EURONEXT OFFER RATIO SET AT 0.050 SHARES PER 1 ATHEX SHARE Further company coverage: (Gdansk Newsroom)

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MUMBAI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – STOCKS: The benchmark BSE Sensex was up 0.3% to 81,412, while the broader NSE Nifty 50 advanced 0.3% to 24,958, led by banking, as strong quarterly business updates from lenders supported their shares. RUPEE: The Indian rupee was little changed versus the U.S. dollar at 88.75, holding near a lifetime low, with IPO inflows and expectations of central bank support likely providing a cushion against pressure from hedging mismatches. GOVERNMENT BONDS: The benchmark 10-year bond was quoted at 98.76 rupees, with the yield down 1 basis point at 6.6014%, after states announced that they will borrow a lower-than-expected amount in October-December. OVERNIGHT INDEX SWAPS: The one-year overnight index swap rate was down 1 basis point at 6.42%, while the five-year swap rate rose 1 bp to 5.67%. CALL MONEY: India's overnight call money rate was at 5.40%, and the overnight TREPS rate was at 5.27%. (Reporting by Dharamraj Dhutia; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – MUSCAT INSURANCE COMPANY SAOG : * MUSCAT INSURANCE – APPOINTS STEVEN JOHN SAMSON AS CEO Source text: Further company coverage:

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – * BOEING SAID TO PREPARE FOR 737 RATE HIKE AS SOON AS OCTOBER – BLOOMBERG NEWS * BOEING CO. IS GUIDING SUPPLIERS THAT 737 MAX OUTPUT COULD REACH A 42-JET MONTHLY TEMPO AS EARLY AS OCTOBER – BLOOMBERG NEWS Source text: [https://tinyurl.com/35f4e28j] Further company coverage:

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(Adds confirmation from Vietnam, context) SEOUL/HANOI, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Vietnam's Communist Party chief To Lam will travel to North Korea this week, the Vietnamese government and North Korean state media said on Monday, marking the first visit of a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation in nearly 20 years. The visit, which Reuters first reported last month, would coincide with a military parade North Korea will hold on October 10 to celebrate 80 years since the founding of its ruling Workers' Party. Lam's three-day visit will start on October 9, the government in Hanoi said. It followed an invitation by North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, Vietnam's foreign ministry said, confirming a report on North Korea's state media KCNA. Vietnam's defence minister Phan Van Giang is expected to join the delegation, one Vietnamese official said. The two Communist countries maintain close ties and this year mark 75 years of diplomatic relations, although they currently have no trade relations, according to the Vietnamese embassy in Pyongyang. The last time a Vietnamese leader visited North Korea was in 2007 when the head of the ruling Communist Party Nong Duc Manh embarked on a three-day trip to the country, marking the first visit by a Vietnamese party chief since the late President Ho Chi Minh in 1957. In a rare foreign trip, Kim visited Hanoi in 2019 as part of a visit whose highlight was a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, then serving his first term at the White House. Multiple lower-ranking officials have met in either Hanoi or Pyongyang in recent years, according to a list of meetings on the website of the Vietnamese embassy in North Korea, which shows meetings resumed last year after a five-year pause. The visit follows Lam's trip in August to South Korea, a country with which Pyongyang has tense relations. Lam was the first foreign leader hosted by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung since he took office in June. Lee has pledged to reduce tensions with its neighbour. South Korea is preparing to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, whose 21 members include China and the U.S., in the city of Gyeongju from October 29. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to visit South Korea around the summit and have a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Reporting by Heejin Kim in Seoul and Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio in Hanoi; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Kate Mayberry)

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DOLLAR/YEN LAST UP 1.7% AT 150 YEN

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INDIAN RUPEE OPENS AT 88.7325 PER U.S. DOLLAR, NEARLY UNCHANGED FROM 88.7725 PREVIOUS CLOSE

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Julio Rodriguez's run-scoring double with one out in the bottom of the eighth broke a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the visiting Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Sunday night to even their best-of-five American League Division Series at one game apiece. Jorge Polanco hit a pair of solo homers for the Mariners, both off Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Game 3 of the best-of-five series is scheduled for Tuesday in Detroit. The Tigers won the series opener 3-2 in 11 innings Saturday in Seattle. Trailing 2-0, the Tigers tied the score with an unearned run in the eighth off Mariners reliever Matt Brash (1-0). Gleyber Torres drew a leadoff walk and, one out later, Riley Greene reached on first baseman Josh Naylor's fielding error. Spencer Torkelson hit a liner down the right field line for a double that scored both runners to make it 2-2. With one out in the bottom of the inning, Cal Raleigh doubled into the right field corner off Kyle Finnegan (1-1). Rodriguez followed with a liner down the left field line to break the tie. Mariners closer Andres Munoz, who pitched two innings in the opener, worked a 1-2-3 ninth for the save. Skubal, who is the favorite to win a second consecutive AL Cy Young Award, allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings. The left-hander, who went to Seattle University, walked one and struck out nine. Polanco broke a scoreless tie with one out in the fourth inning, hitting a 2-0 slider from Skubal into the Mariners' bullpen in left-center field. Polanco doubled Seattle's advantage with two outs in the sixth, lining a 3-2 sinker over the wall in the left field corner. Mariners starter Luis Castillo was effectively wild. He didn't allow a hit until two outs in the fifth inning when Torres grounded a single through the right side of the infield with second baseman Polanco covering the bag on Parker Meadows' stolen-base attempt. That was it for Castillo, as Mariners manager Dan Wilson called upon left- hander Gabe Speier to face Kerry Carpenter, who homered in a similar spot in Game 1. Speier struck out Carpenter with runners at the corners to end the inning. Castillo gave up one hit over 4 2/3 scoreless innings, with four walks and three strikeouts. –Field Level Media

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(Adds comments from trekker who survived blizzard in paragraphs 12-18) * Hundreds of trekkers stranded by sudden blizzard * Tourists trekking in Tibet valley leading to Everest's east face * Sudden bad weather also hits Nepal, triggering landslides By Ryan Woo BEIJING, Oct 6 (Reuters) – Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided to safety by rescuers, Chinese state media reported on Sunday, as unusually heavy snow and rainfall pummelled the Himalayas. As of Sunday, 350 trekkers had reached the small township of Qudang, while contact with the remaining 200-plus trekkers had been made, CCTV reported. Visitors to the remote valley of Karma, which leads to the eastern Kangshung face of Everest, were in the hundreds this week, taking advantage of an eight-day National Day holiday in China. "It was so wet and cold in the mountains, and hypothermia was a real risk," said Chen Geshuang, who was part of an 18-strong trekking team that made it to Qudang. "The weather this year is not normal. The guide said he had never encountered such weather in October. And it happened all too suddenly." Chen's party descended from the mountains on Sunday and was greeted by villagers after enduring a harrowing evening of heavy snowfall combined with thunder and lightning. With tears in her eyes, Chen accepted their offers of sweet tea and the promise of warmth, she said. "Back in the village, we had a meal and were finally warm." Hundreds of local villagers and rescue teams had been deployed to help remove snow blocking access to the area, where nearly 1,000 people had been trapped, according to an earlier report by state-backed Jimu News. The remaining trekkers will arrive in Qudang in stages under the guidance and assistance of rescuers organised by the local government, CCTV reported. The CCTV report did not say if local guides and support staff of the trekking parties had been accounted for. 'HARDLY SLEPT' Snowfall in the valley, which lies at an elevation averaging 4,200 metres (13,800 feet), began on Friday evening and persisted throughout Saturday. "It was raining and snowing every day, and we did not see Everest at all," said Eric Wen, who survived the ordeal. His trekking party of 18 had decided on Saturday night to make their way back from their fifth and final campsite, concerned by the continuous snowfall. "We only had a few tents. More than 10 of us were in the large tent and hardly slept," Wen told Reuters on Monday. "It was snowing too hard." Wen said his group had to clear the snow every 10 minutes. "Otherwise our tents would have collapsed," he said. Two men and a woman in the group fell victim to hypothermia when the temperature slipped below freezing, even though they were sufficiently attired, Wen said. But his expedition party emerged largely unscathed, including eight other expedition guides and several others who tended the yaks transporting their equipment and kit. NORTH FACE Karma valley, first explored by Western travellers a century ago, is a relatively pristine part of the Everest region. Unlike the peak's arid north face, it boasts lush vegetation and untouched alpine forests, fed by meltwaters from the Kangshung glacier at the foot of the world's highest mountain. It was unclear if trekkers near the north face had been affected or not. The north face, due to its easy access by paved road, regularly draws large numbers of tourists. October is a peak season, when skies usually clear at the end of the Indian monsoon. Ticket sales and entry to the entire Everest Scenic Area were suspended from late Saturday. To the south of Tibet in Nepal, heavy rains triggered landslides and flash floods that have blocked roads, washed away bridges and killed at least 47 people since Friday. Thirty-five people died in separate landslides in the eastern Ilam district bordering India. Nine were reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters and three others were killed in lightning strikes. (Reporting by Ryan Woo in Beijing and Casey Hall in Shanghai; Editing by Lincoln Feast, Louise Heavens, Ros Russell and Saad Sayeed)

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Oct 6 (Reuters) – * Japanese rubber futures rebounded after a six-session losing streak on Monday, as a weaker yen fuelled gains. * The Osaka Exchange (OSE) rubber contract for March delivery rose 4.5 yen, or 1.51%, to 302.2 yen ($2.02) per kg as of 0228 GMT. * The yen tumbled 1.5% against the dollar to 149.73 yen, the biggest one-day percentage drop in five months, after Sanae Takaichi won the LDP leadership election, setting the country on course for more expansionary fiscal policy. * A weaker currency makes yen-denominated assets more affordable to overseas buyers. * Japan's Nikkei gained as much as 4.3% to an all-time high on news of the leadership vote. * Oil prices rose around 1% in early trade on Monday after a lower-than-expected OPEC+ output hike. * Natural rubber often takes direction from oil prices as it competes for market share with synthetic rubber, which is made from crude oil. * Trading activity was subdued last week, with prices moving in a narrow range due to muted sentiment and the absence of Chinese market players in light of the Chinese National Day holiday, the Japan Exchange Group said on Monday. * Top rubber producer Thailand's meteorological agency warned of heavy rains and accumulations that may cause flash floods and overflows from October 5-7. * China's Chery is in talks with several South African automakers about sharing manufacturing plants to produce its vehicles. * In 2021, the largest car-producing nation in Africa had launched a plan to boost annual vehicle production from an average of 600,000 to 1.4 million by 2035, while increasing local content by attracting more manufacturers. * Automobile sales could influence the intensity of vehicle manufacturing, which involves using rubber-made tyres. * The front-month rubber contract on the Singapore Exchange's SICOM platform for November delivery last traded at 171.3 U.S. cents per kg, up 0.2%. ($1 = 149.8400 yen) (Reporting by Lucas Liew; Editing by Sumana Nandy)

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