Markets at a Glance

S&P Futs 7,713 ↑0.1%

Gold $4,180 ↑0.6%

Dow Futs 51,000 ↑0.1%

10-Yr 5.24% flat

WTI $93.08 ↑0.2%

Bitcoin $84,798 ↑1.5%

The Big Stories

1.	The Pentagon is sending a third carrier group and 10,000 troops to the Gulf. Three carriers in the region for the first time since April. WSJ

2.	WTI settled at $92.87 Thursday, up $2.45 a barrel. China halted October fuel exports the same afternoon. Reuters

3.	September payrolls drop at 8:30 AM. Consensus is 90,000. August was 162,000. Last jobs report before the Nov 3 midterms. BLS

War & Conflict

4.	Trump told TIME he doesn’t believe peace with Iran is possible. He said strikes could resume after the midterms. Fox

5.	UK PM Burnham said Iran played a role in the RAF Fairford bomb plot. A British-Iranian was arrested in London Thursday. Fox

6.	The last US troops left Iraq on Wednesday. CENTCOM called it an orderly departure. Twenty-three years after the invasion. AP

Politics

7.	WSJ poll: Trump at 37% approval, lowest pre-midterm mark since 1990. AP-NORC: 26% approve on the economy. WSJ

8.	The Supreme Court agreed to hear the migrant detention case Thursday. Lower courts are split on mandatory holds without bond. Fox

Energy & Commodities

9.	China’s refiners suspended October fuel exports to protect domestic supply. PetroChina canceled cargoes. Diesel hit $6.51 a gallon nationally last week. That number is going higher. BBG

10.	ISM Manufacturing slipped to 54.5 in September, missing the 55.0 forecast. Employment index rose to 52.7 from 51.2. Reuters

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WTI settled at $92.87, up $2.45 on the day