Markets:

  • NZD leads, CAD lags on the day
  • European equities lower; S&P 500 futures down 0.03%
  • US 10-year yields up 1 bps to 3.719%
  • Gold up 0.02% to $2,506
  • WTI crude down 1.12% to $67.94
  • Bitcoin up 0.22% to $57,165

It’s been another quiet session. The mood in the markets has been mixed and the moves have been shallow.

We got just two notable releases: the UK jobs data and the US NFIB small business optimism index. The former came out generally better than expected, although the August payrolls figure printed negative. The latter disappointed with the index dropping to a two-months low.

There's nothing else for the day except BoC's Macklem speech at 12:25 GMT/08:25 ET.