Wall Street is closely watching escalating tensions in the Middle East after President Trump confirmed that the US launched a surprise strike on Iran’s nuclear sites late Saturday, marking the country’s official entry into the two-week-old conflict. Markets have held mostly steady in the aftermath of the escalation, although US stock futures fell across the…
Stock futures edged higher and benchmark oil prices were on course to fall Monday, with investors seemingly unfazed by the U.S. bombing of nuclear sites in Iran. Futures tracking the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 45 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures climbed 0.2%, and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose 0.3%….
2h agoMon 23 Jun 2025 at 6:14am Market snapshot ASX 200: -0.4% to 8,475points (live values below) Australian dollar: -0.6% to 64.13 US cents Asia: Nikkei -0.1%, Hang Seng +0.4%, Shanghai +0.1% Wall Street (Friday): Dow +0.1%, S&P 500 -0.2%, Nasdaq -0.4% Europe (Friday): DAX +1.3%, FTSE -0.2%, Eurostoxx +0.7% Spot gold: -0.3% at $US3,359/ounce…
Hong Kong CNN — While there have been no major disruptions to the global oil supply so far, the attacks on Iran — by Israel and then the US — have rattled investors, sending oil futures soaring by around 10% since the start of hostilities, among fears Iran could retaliate by disrupting shipping in the…
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BANGKOK (AP) — Global markets appeared to take the U.S. strike against nuclear targets in Iran in stride as investors watched to see how Iran will react. The price of oil initially jumped more than 2% but fell back slightly on Monday. U.S. stock futures and most Asian shares declined. The big question is what…
Hendrik Bessembinder is an economist who has conducted fascinating research on the determinants of stock market returns in the United States over the past century. His conclusions are pretty simple. Most companies (and by extension most managers) destroy value. Stock market returns are overwhelmingly concentrated, in fact 2% of public companies drove 90% of wealth…
Radhika Gupta, MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC, had predicted a year of returns consolidation for 2025 in the beginning of the year. She has been advising tempered expectations due to global volatility from geopolitics, economic policy changes, and tariffs. Despite a recent earnings growth slowdown in India, a rebound is expected in the second half…
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar firmed on Monday as anxious investors sought safety, although the restrained moves suggest markets were waiting for Iran’s response to U.S. attacks on its nuclear sites that have exacerbated conflict in the Middle East. The major moves were in the oil market, with crude prices hitting a…
American poet Charles Bukowski famously said: “The crowd is always wrong,” and his words seem to sum up the situation in the financial markets perfectly. Just 24 hours ago, social media was abuzz with fears that the U.S. airstrike on Iran’s nuclear sites, combined with the talk of Iran mulling the closure of the Strait…