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India chemical stocks rise as Hormuz disruption boosts pricing

India chemical stocks rose as Hormuz disruption tightened petrochemical supply and improved pricing power, widening the Gulf shock beyond crude.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Brent oil tops $85 as Hormuz fight revives inflation fears

Brent oil rose above $85 a barrel as fighting around the Strait of Hormuz and a proposed transit fee revived inflation fears across markets.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Strait of Hormuz shipping risk rises after U.S. strikes

Strait of Hormuz shipping risk rose after U.S. strikes on Iran followed a container-ship attack, keeping Brent at $76.01 and tanker traffic in focus.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Diesel prices stay high as oil cools after Iran shock

Diesel prices are staying high even as crude retreats, showing how refining bottlenecks, tanker risk and low inventories keep fuel inflation alive.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Brent oil forecast: Citi sees $60 as Hormuz risk fades

Brent oil forecast turns lower as Citi says Hormuz shipping is normalizing, China demand is soft and the war premium is fading from crude.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Saudi Aramco exports rebound as spot crude sales linger

Saudi Aramco exports are rebounding through Hormuz, but spot crude sales to Asia show Gulf supply is normalising faster than pricing risk.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Iran oil stockpile tops 20M barrels as buyers hold back

Iran oil stockpile topped 20 million barrels as buyers held back after Doha talks, leaving stranded crude to cap rallies and keep supply risk alive.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Strait of Hormuz attack lifts oil as shipping risk returns

Strait of Hormuz attack lifted Brent 2.1 per cent and WTI 2.3 per cent as a struck cargo vessel revived tanker risk and paused evacuations.

By Reza Najjar
Markets

Treasuries slip back into oil-shock mode as Iran threats return

Treasury yields rose as Trump’s renewed Iran threats pushed Brent above $82 and forced traders to price a tougher inflation and Fed path.

By Sloane Carrington
Commodities

Oil surges 5.1pc to $93 as US strikes Iran for second night; stock futures slide

Oil surged 5.1 per cent to $93.15 a barrel and US stock futures fell after the American military launched a second consecutive night of strikes on Iran, putting further strain on a fragile ceasefire.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Oil falls as Lebanon ceasefire trims crude war premium

Oil falls as Brent drops to $97.03 and WTI to $95.32, with traders trimming war premium but keeping Hormuz risk in view.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Oil prices mixed as U.S. strikes cloud Iran peace talks

Oil prices mixed after U.S. strikes hit Iranian targets, complicating bets on a Hormuz reopening that had been easing crude and shipping fears.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Oil stockpiles draw down at record 8.7M barrels a day: Goldman Sachs

Oil stockpiles are drawing down at a record 8.7 million barrels a day, Goldman Sachs said, as the Iran war keeps Strait of Hormuz flows at 5% of normal.

By Reza Najjar
Commodities

Hormuz Blockade and El Niño Converge Into a Commodity Super-Inflation Storm, Citi Warns

Citi Research issued its most severe commodity inflation warning to date, arguing the simultaneous Hormuz blockade and emerging super El Niño could push Brent crude past $150 a barrel while squeezing global food supplies through fertilizer disruption and drought in the same growing season.

By Sloane Carrington
Markets

Nifty 50 drops 1.3% as oil surge hits rupee, Indian shares

Nifty 50 drops 1.3% as Brent tops $111, weakening the rupee and showing how a Middle East oil shock is hitting Indian equities.

By Avery Lin
Commodities

Capital Economics' $150 oil case turns Hormuz risk into a macro test

Capital Economics' extreme oil scenario is less a commodity call than a map of how Hormuz risk could spread into inflation, yields and the wider equity market.

By Reza Najjar
Markets

Oil and yields snap Wall Street's AI-led rally

Rising crude and a jump in Treasury yields jolted US equities on Friday, exposing how quickly inflation fears can force a repricing of richly valued growth stocks.

By Sloane Carrington
Economy

Wolfe Research says oil surge raises central-bank error risk

Brent above $109 is forcing investors to treat oil as a macro-policy shock, with analysts warning the Fed, ECB and BoE could tighten into weaker growth.

By Sloane Carrington
Commodities

Gold and silver slide as oil jumps on Hormuz fears

Gold and silver fell while crude pushed higher and Treasury yields rose, as traders treated the Hormuz shock as an inflation problem across commodities.

By Reza Najjar