Global shipping companies and businesses are closely monitoring developments around the Strait of Hormuz, after Iranian threats to disrupt shipping following the U.S. strikes on its nuclear sites in its “Operation Midnight Hammer“ The U.S. warned Iran that any move to shut the Strait would be “economic suicide” and trigger a severe response. Why It…
Wall Street investors would have plenty of economic data to analyse in the week ahead. A key inflation – Federal Reserve-preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, flash PMI readings from the S&P, personal income and spending data, among other economic reports will be released. On Wednesday, the US central bank kept its interest rate…
2025-03-18T05:25:48+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News/ Oil prices rose slightly on Tuesday, supported by instability in the Middle East as well as China’s stimulus plans and data, although global growth concerns, U.S. tariffs and Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks curbed gains. Brent futures ticked up 17 cents, or 0.2%, to stand at $71.24…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to help mediate talks between the Trump Administration and Iran on issues including the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its support for proxies in the Middle East, anonymous sources in Moscow with knowledge of the development told Bloomberg on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump raised the American request for…
In a holiday-shortened week ahead, Wall Street investors will be focusing on home sales data and the Federal Reserve minutes of January monetary policy meeting. The markets will remain closed on Monday to mark Presidents’ Day. The week will also see other economic data including preliminary PMIs by S&P Global for services and manufacturing, and…
US stock indices were muted on Friday after mixed economic data and as investors awaited more clarity on President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariff plans. On Thursday, Trump said his economics team will devise plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country taxing US imports, though the directive stopped short of imposing fresh tariffs. At 9:40 am…
President Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canadian imports could leave the United States reliant on crude oil from Venezuela, with which the U.S. doesn’t want to work, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told the Financial Times. Joly is visiting this week Washington, D.C. for her first official meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
US stocks were drifting on Friday as investors assessed economic data and corporate earnings. At 10:16 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 101.48 points, or 0.24per cent, to 44,459.53, the S&P 500 lost 3.62 points, or 0.06per cent, to 6,115.09 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 17.56 points, or 0.09per cent, to 20,034.29. At…
On Wall Street, market participants will see the holiday-shortened but a busy week ahead. On Monday, markets will remain closed on account of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As on Monday Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President is scheduled, investors will closely watch the executive orders of the new administration to be announced in the…
India is poised to close 2024 with a higher oil demand growth rate than China, underscoring its emergence as a key consumption hub in Asia, according to a report by S&P Global Commodity Insights. In the first 10 months of 2024, India’s oil demand climbed 180,000 barrels per day (bpd), a 3.2% year-on-year rise, compared…