Catalonian government spokesman with news conference 10 Oct

  • Catalan economy is very strong
  • Catalan govt fully trusts regional police

No sign of any comments from Puigdemont as yet but the headline suggests something is brewing and the guessing game continues.

  • all questions will be addressed this evening

So there we have it. All back to the original appearance plan at 16.00 GMT

EURUSD is back down to 1.1778 but not directly on these comments. EURCHF 1.1510 after 1.1526 highs .EURGBP steady around 0.8933 with GBPUSD trading back down around 1.3186.

Meanwhile the BBC has just posted this comprehensive back-story piece/update on today's potentially historic events.