Euro rose today for the third consecutive day against US dollar, near the 2-week high that was reached on Friday, on investors risk aversion due to the tensions in the Middle East, after sabotage attacks on 2 Saudi oil facilities.

EUR/USD rose by more than 0.1% to $1.1086, from the opening of $1.1073, with a low of $1.1066.

Euro rose by 0.1% vs. dollar on Friday, to a 2-week high of $1.1095, after the ECB stimulus decisions.

During last week, euro posted a 0.4% gain against dollar, its second weekly gain, after the ECB stimulus decisions, which was lower than forecasts.

The ECB decided on its last meeting on Thursday, to cut the rate by 10 basis point to -0.5% and launched a bond-buying program worth 20 billion euros per month (about $22 billion) starting from November.

The deposit rate cut came in line with forecasts, while the bond-buying program was was estimated to reach 30 billion euros per month starting from October.

The Bank's Chairman, Mario Draghi, said that the new quantitative easing program and the rate cut are to counter the growing risks.

Draghi, whose mandate expires in October, ruled out the possibility of a near recession for the European economy, but said that the risks are rising, while the rate cut came in response to the continued weak inflation.

In Saudi Arabia on Saturday, a sabotage attacks were done on 2 Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern region, which led to the stoppage of 5% of the global supply production.

The Yemeni al-Houthi group which is backed by Iran claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the US blamed Iran, which is escalating the Middle Eastern geopolitical tensions.

While on Monday, Iran rejected responsibility in the attacks, and said that it's unacceptable and invalid.

A senior US official said that the attacks indicate Iran's involvement, not the Yemeni Houthi group.

Oil prices surged by more than 10% today, to 2-month high, and the largest daily rise since the Gulf War in 1991, after a sabotage attack on 2 Saudi oil facilities, which led to the stoppage of 5% of the global supply production.

WTI rose by 10.5% to $60.63 a barrel (its highest since July 15th), as it closed on Friday at $54.87.

Brent rose by 11.8% to $67.21 a barrel (its highest since July 15th), as it closed on Friday at $60.21, with an intraday low of $64.84.

On Friday, WTI shed 0.4%, and Brent futures shed 0.5%, their fourth daily loss, on global oversupply fears.

During last week, oil prices shed 3%, their first weekly loss in the last three weeks, on reports about the US easing Iran's sanctions.

In Saudi Arabia on Saturday, a sabotage attacks was done on 2 Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais in the Eastern region, which led to the stoppage of 5% of the global supply production.

Aramco, which is the largest oil company in the world, said the attacks led to a cut by 5.7 million bpd in oil production, which is about 50% of the Saudi production, while the company did not announce the date for the resumption of production, but it's estimated for several weeks.

While the company was preparing for the listing on the stock markets, came this attack on Saudi Arabia's oil industry.

The authorities stated that the fires in Abqaiq and Khurais facilities are under control but sources say that the fires were not extinguished yet, with significant casualties and the production resuming in several weeks. 

Reuters quoted a source saying that Saudi Arabia's oil exports will continue as usual this week, as it will use major facilities' inventories to meet commitments.

President Trump announced on Sunday his approval of using the US strategic oil inventories to support the supply in the market.

Bitcoin rose in spot trading today, for the first day in the last 4, amid quite trading on weak demand levels due to the lack of stimulus in the market.

At Bitstamp, Bitcoin rose by 0.6% or $50 to $10,378, from the opening of $10,320, with a low of $10,284, while it fell by 2.6% on Sunday, its third daily loss. 

During past week, Bitcoin shed 0.9%, its fourth weekly loss in the last 5 weeks on weak demand.

The total market cap of cryptocurrencies rose by $2 billion today, to $268 billion, with most of the major cryptos rosong led by Bitcoin.

While this rise is still marginal, as trading are within a limited and weak range of price volatility, on weak demand levels due to the lack of stimulus in the market.

Changpeng Zhao, Binance CEO, announced today that Bitcoin's futures were under attack from one of its own market makers.

Zhao said the perpetrator crashed the BTC / USD order book from $10,324 to $1,024 in the second such attempt at an attack.

Bearing in mind that Binance is one of only 2 platforms that offer Bitcoin futures, as the other platform is Bakkt, which will be officially launched on September 23rd.

On Saturday, Financial Times reported that representatives of Facebook's Libra will meet in Switzerland with the Committee for Payments and Market Infrastructure (CPMI), which is part of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS).

The CPMI Committee consists of 28 global banks, including the Bank of England, Deutsche Bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

The report stated that the event will be the first major meeting between Libra's founders and global financial policymakers since Facebook unveiled plans for the project on June 18.

Benoit Coeure, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, who will chair the meeting in Basel, said that the ban on Libra's European operations will be too high.

The BIS has recently warned against financial services from big companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, as they can lead to new risks for the global banking sector.

Asian stocks opened mixed today, as the Chinese stocks were mixed while the Australian and New Zealand's stocks in addition to Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell, as the South Korean Kospi rose, amid a public holiday in Japan.

China released its annual reading for the retail sales which showed that growth slowed to 7.5% vs. 7.6% July, lower than forecasts of 7.9%, while the industrial output grew to 4.4% vs. 4.8%, lower than forecasts of 5.2%, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.2% vs. 5.3%.

The People's Bank of China announced earlier this month the reduction of the banks reserve requirements, which came into effect this week and been reduced by 50 basis points, and also for some eligible banks it has been reduced by 100 basis points, while the Chinese economy is also planning on providing liquidity of 800 billion yuan ($113 billion).

Otherwise, the energy sector surged early this week as oil prices jumped after drone attacks on oil production platforms in Saudi Arabia by the Yemeni Houthi group over the weekend.

The Chinese stocks saw a mixed performance, as the CSI 300 fell by 0.25% or 9.79 points to 3,962.59, while the Shanghai Composite rose by 0.1% or 0.36 points to 3,031.59.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell by 1.10% or 301.87 points to 27,050.82, while the South Korean Kospi rose by 0.52% or 10.60 points to 2.059.80.

To New Zealand's NZX 50, which fell by 0.10% or 11.01 points to 10,852.40, and the Australian S&P/ASX 200 fell by 0.01% or 0.38 points to 6,668.80.