US govt shut down; USD up for third day, gold nearing $4060.

The US dollar index rose for the third consecutive trading day on Wednesday, hitting the 99 mark in the late trading session before falling back, eventually closing up 0.26% at 98.84, a new high in more than two months. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond yield closed at 4.121%, while the 2-year US Treasury bond yield, which is sensitive to the Federal Reserve's policy interest rate, closed at 3.591%.

On Wednesday (October 8), gold prices not only broke through the $4,000 per ounce mark for the first time, but also pushed silver prices to a record high closing price. However, just as the rally was in full swing, a sudden twist in the geopolitical situation in the Middle East - the ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel - quickly cooled the market's risk aversion sentiment, leading to a correction in gold prices on Thursday (October 9). This is not just a short-term fluctuation, but a market signal under the interplay of multiple factors, which deserves investors' high vigilance.

Due to the increasingly bleak prospects for a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, international crude oil maintained its upward trend. After data showed that US EIA crude oil inventories increased unexpectedly last week, WTI crude oil narrowed its intraday gains, eventually closing up 0.28% at $61.97 per barrel; Brent crude oil finally closed up 0.38% at $65.8 per barrel.