Here's your midday brief for Friday, October 31st. I'm Zoe Colkin for the Wall Street Journal.

We're exclusively reporting J.P. Morgan Chase's Investment Bank is leading a group that has invested

approximately $90 million in the Texas Stock Exchange, marking the latest major Wall Street backer for the

upstart venue. The investment brings the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange Group's total

fundraising to date above $250 million. The group's launch is planned for 2026 as an alternative

to New York's dominant duopoly, the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ.

In Arab-led militia, the rapid support forces is now using drones and execution squads

to violently target and dominate Darfur's black population as the Sudan Civil War escalates.

Humanitarian groups are warning that the recent violence has the

potential to surpass the 1994 Rwandan genocide, especially as the World Health Organization

reported the rebels killed all 460 people inside the main ward of Elfashir's only functioning

hospital. More than 2,000 people have been killed in El

Fasher since the RSF overran government defenses. And over 70% of the city's population,

largely Black Sudanese, have fled their homes. And lastly, two major oil companies

reported third quarter earnings today.

ExxonMobil's quarterly profit decreased to just over $7.5 billion down from around $8.6 billion a year earlier,

primarily hurt by weaker crude oil prices and higher operating costs.

Chevron's third quarter profit fell to just over $3.5 billion from just under

$4.5 billion a year earlier, also citing lower crude oil prices, as well as costs associated with

its Hess acquisition. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by

creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted

by an editor. We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. You can add it to your

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