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   ••• MARKETS TICKER – September 10, 2026 ••• GLOBAL STOCK MARKETS MOSTLY LOWER • WALL STREET EXTENDS LOSSES AS SMALL-CAP STOCKS COME UNDER PRESSURE • RUSSELL 2000 FALLS 1.32% • DOW JONES DROPS 0.77% • NASDAQ RETREATS 0.64% • EUROPEAN MARKETS MIXED WITH CAC 40 SLIGHTLY HIGHER • ASIAN MARKETS MOSTLY WEAKER DESPITE GAINS IN JAPAN • HANG SENG SLIDES 1.27% • CRYPTOCURRENCIES FACE BROAD SELLING PRESSURE • BITCOIN FALLS BELOW $78,000 • BNB, DOGECOIN, POLKADOT AND CRONOS RECORD SHARP LOSSES • UNISWAP AND THE SANDBOX DROP MORE THAN 9% • MULTIVERSX DEFIES THE DOWNTURN WITH A 9.53% SURGE • INVESTORS REMAIN CAUTIOUS ACROSS GLOBAL RISK MARKETS • •
   • • • BREAKING NEWS – September 10, 2026 • • BREAKING NEWS •TRUMP PROMISES $5,000 TO EVERY AMERICAN ADULT IF REPUBLICANS WIN CONTROL OF CONGRESS • HOUTHIS CLOSE IN ON STRATEGIC BAB EL-MANDEB SHIPPING ROUTE • NATO ALLIES FOIL SUSPECTED RUSSIAN UNDERSEA CABLE SABOTAGE PLOT • UKRAINE EXTENDS STRIKE REACH INTO RUSSIA’S ARCTIC GAS HEARTLAND • OIL TRADES ABOVE $100 AS U.S.–IRAN CONFLICT THREATENS GLOBAL SUPPLIES • AI BOOM CREATES NEW RISKS FOR GLOBAL FINANCIAL STABILITY, BIS WARNS • ICELAND MOVES TOWARD PERMANENT COMMERCIAL WHALING BAN • GPC NEWS – GLOBAL NEWS AS IT HAPPENS •
   ••• MARKETS PRICE – September 10, 2026 •• MARKETS S&P 500 7,673.52 ▼0.58% • DOW 52,786.07 ▼1.18% • NASDAQ 26,421.41 ▼0.32% • RUSSELL 2000 2,960.20 ▼0.52% • NYSE COMPOSITE 24,473.06 ▼0.67% • RUSSELL 1000 4,178.83 ▼0.61% • RUSSELL 3000 4,360.41 ▼0.60% • FTSE 100 10,758.25 ▼0.49% • DAX 25,737.44 ▼1.04% • CAC 40 8,210.00 ▼1.30% • NIKKEI 225 65,142.78 ▼0.19% • SHANGHAI COMPOSITE 3,951.51 ▲0.28% • HANG SENG 25,274.96 ▼0.17% • SENSEX 74,895.36 ▼0.90% • IPC INDEX 65,065.56 ▲0.52% • BITCOIN 78,991.75 ▲0.41% • ETHEREUM 2,491.19 ▲0.12% • BNB 751.19 ▼0.44% • CARDANO 0.22 ▼1.06% • XRP 1.42 ▲1.61% • TETHER USDt 1.00 ▲0.01% • SOLANA 103.54 ▼0.09% • POLKADOT 1.18 ▲8.12% • USDC 1.00 ▲0.02% • DOGECOIN 0.09 ▼0.28% • AVALANCHE 7.91 ▼2.55% • SHIBA INU 0.00 ▼1.56% • CRONOS 0.06 ▲0.99% • TERRA CLASSIC 0.00 ▼1.37% • LITECOIN 54.12 ▼2.81% • WRAPPED BITCOIN 37,025.21 ▼0.71% • UNISWAP 6.66 ▼6.36% • BUSD 1.00 ▼0.08% • POLYGON 0.21 ▼3.35% • CHAINLINK 12.24 ▼3.79% • BITCOIN CASH 257.03 ▼0.54% • ALGORAND 0.10 ▲0.22% • DECENTRALAND 0.08 ▼0.09% • MULTIVERSX 4.96 ▲6.42% • AXIE INFINITY 0.96 ▼1.28% • STELLAR 0.19 ▼1.96% • VECHAIN 0.01 ▲0.72% • INTERNET COMPUTER 2.84 ▼8.23% • THE SANDBOX 0.04 ▼2.84% • TERRACLASSICUSD 0.04 ▼5.54%
OIL SURGES TOWARD $100 AS MIDDLE EAST WAR SHAKES GLOBAL MARKETS   LONDON / NEW YORK — September 8, 2026 — GPC.NEWS Global oil prices surged on Tuesday, moving toward the psychologically important $100-a-barrel level as the widening Middle East conflict intensified fears of serious disruption to energy supplies.                         OIL PRICES HOLD NEAR SIX-WEEK HIGHS AS U.S.-IRAN CONFLICT THREATENS GLOBAL SUPPLY   LONDON, September 7, 2026 — GPC.NEWS — Escalating attacks and collapsing shipping traffic around the Strait of Hormuz keep energy markets on edge, raising fears that a prolonged disruption could trigger another global oil shock. MARKETS & ECONOMY MARKETS & ECONOMY