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The Sensex closed at 79,310.01 and the Nifty at 24,536.60, their largest daily gains in months, as oil relief, US election expectations and foreign flows lifted Indian equities.
ORLEN says its Wierzchowice expansion adds 800 million cubic metres of storage and lifts Poland’s total to about 4.1 bcm. Commissioning and licence changes still matter.
Eurostat estimates euro area inflation at 4.0% in October 2026, with energy up 20.8% but core inflation steady at 2.5%. What matters next is whether the shock spreads and persists.
The IEA now projects a 3% fall in global LNG supply in 2026, conditional on continued disruption through the Strait of Hormuz. Europe enters winter with its smallest gas storage buffer since 2013.