Johnson & Johnson’s experimental Covid-19 vaccine phase 1/2 trial findings have provided some encouragement.
Reports
the Wall Street Journal:
Now for some caveats. These are from a small early-stage trial. They are interim, posted on online preprint server medRxiv. The report is not yet peer-reviewed, not yet published in medical journals.

Forex news for North American trade on September 25, 2020:
Markets:
We came into the day on a delicate footing and with stock futures lower. The early going was more of the negativity and the commodity currencies and euro continued to struggle while the dollar made fresh highs.

Trump set to make the announcement tomorrow
CNN reports Trump will nominate her tomorrow. She was the front-runner from the beginning. She’s only 48 years old so she could serve for a long time to come.

Fitch on the UK rating
From Fitch, who lowered the UK to AA- in March.
The UK’s ratings balance a high income, diversified and advanced economy against high and rising public sector indebtedness. Sterling’s reserve currency status, deep capital market and strong governance indicators support the ratings. The very long average maturity of public debt (15 years)

Dow, S&P and Nasdaq close higher for the 2nd consecutive week
The US stock indices are ending the session with gains across the board and near session highs:

CFTC commitments of traders data for the week ending September 22, 2020.
Highlights:

Forex news from the European trading session – 25 September 2020
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, EUR lags on the day
– European equities lower; E-minis down ~0.6%

It is turning into a full risk-off swing in the market now
The dollar is firming across the board as such, with risk assets elsewhere also taking a hit. Oil is down 1% and gold is down by 0.6% on the session currently.

Slight hints of risk aversion kicking in
The aussie has also pared gains against the greenback in a drop to 0.7050 from 0.7070-80 levels earlier, as European indices extend losses to a little over 1% right now:

The Spanish government recommends Madrid to extend lockdown restrictions to all parts of the region
Madrid just announced that they are raising the number of areas under lockdown to 45 from 37 moments ago, adding that about 1 million people in the region are reported to be in lockdown based on the latest restrictions.