🟢Asian stocks tracked Wall Street lower as investors grappled with the fallout from political drama in France and Japan, while a prolonged U.S. government shutdown catapulted gold spot prices to a record $4,000 per ounce level.

🟢Oil prices rose as investors brushed off oversupply fears, having digested a decision earlier by OPEC+ to restrain production increases next month.

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🟢Gold pushed through $4,000 an ounce to hit a record, driven by investors seeking safety from mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty, alongside expectations of further interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

🟢U.S. lawmakers are calling for broader bans on chipmaking equipment to China after a bipartisan investigation found that Chinese chipmakers had purchased $38 billion of sophisticated gear last year.

🟢Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump's threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority.