Hyundai will break ground on a $5.54 billion electric vehicle and battery plant in the United States, as South Korea's biggest automaker grapples with an uncertain outlook for its EV sales in its top market.
Oil prices slid 2% after Chinese data showed that demand from the world's largest crude importer remained lacklustre in September as strict COVID-19 policies and fuel export curbs depressed consumption.
The French government said France was on the right track over further easing the problem of petrol service stations not having enough petrol due to strikes at oil refineries, which had hit motorists around the country.
