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Europe: Shares fall as Middle East tensions weigh; eyes on Fed decision
EUROPEAN shares declined on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision, with ongoing tensions in the…
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Iran Fires Fresh Round of Missiles and Kills Eight Israeli Civilians as Israel Pounds Tehran With Bombs Escalating Tensions
Israel and Iran exchanged another wave of deadly attacks on late Saturday, resulting in overnight strikes that killed at least eight…
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Gold Prices Surge as Middle East Tensions Rise and Rate Cut Hopes Grow
Markets jittered on Friday as new tensions in the Middle East sent tremors through global finance. Investors fled to gold as a haven in a…
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Singapore shares fall on Friday amid Middle East tensions; STI down 0.3%
Dip mirrors loss in global equity markets on fears Israel’s strikes on Iran could stoke wider regional conflict Local stocks ended lower…
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Middle East tensions hit Asian and Asean markets; oil and gold prices spike
A wave of geopolitical panic swept across Asian markets on Friday (Jun 13), after Israel launched strikes on Iran’s nuclear and military…
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Asian Markets Sell Off as Middle East Tensions Spike and Oil Prices Surge
Asian traders woke to a nervous open on Friday after oil surged and Wall Street futures sank following reports that Israel had carried out…
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Gold tops one-month high as Middle East tensions spur safe-haven demand
GOLD prices climbed on Friday to their highest point in more than a month, on track for a weekly gain, as investors sought safe-haven…
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Oil settles lower as traders gauge Middle East tensions
Oil prices settled slightly lower on Thursday as traders booked profits from a 4 per cent rally in the prior session, driven by concerns…
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US: Wall St opens lower as Middle East tensions rise
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Jun 12) as signs of rising tensions in the Middle East hurt risk sentiment and…
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Singapore shares rise as trade tensions between China and US ease; STI up 0.1%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 252 to 236 as 1.3 billion securities worth S$1.2 billion change hands Singapore stocks rose…
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Airbus revises up 20-year jet demand forecast despite trade tensions
Airbus revised up its forecast for airplane demand over the next 20 years on Thursday, telling investors and suppliers the air transport…
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Gold prices climb as Middle East tensions rise, US inflation eases
GOLD prices rose on Thursday, as rising Middle East tensions boosted demand for safe-haven assets, while softer-than-expected US inflation…
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Oil prices jumps 4% to 2-month high as tensions rise in Middle East
Oil prices rose more than 4 per cent on Wednesday, to their highest in more than two months, after sources said the US was preparing to…
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U.S. and China Agree to Resume Trade Truce After Tensions Escalated
The United States and China agreed to roll back some of the punitive measures they had taken against each other’s economies and return to…
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Hong Kong to maintain US dollar peg despite geopolitical tensions
Hong Kong will maintain its currency peg to the US dollar, the financial hub’s leader said in an interview published on Monday (Jun 9),…
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Gold could test US$4,000 an ounce amid fiscal fears, escalating trade tensions: market watchers
While gold has cemented itself above US$3,000 an ounce in 2025 amid trade uncertainty and US fiscal fears, a bullish forecast could see…
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US: Stocks end higher as traders shake off trade tensions
stocks shook off a gloomy start to the week to close higher on Monday, with traders looking through the new trade uncertainty fueled by…
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US: Stocks mixed as China trade tensions fuel unease
Wall Street stocks saw a mixed end to the day on Friday (May 30), as trade tensions between the United States and China heated up with…
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Delfi’s Q1 Ebitda down 27.2% on weaker regional currencies, trade tensions
Chocolate confectioner Delfi ran up a 27.2 per cent drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) to…
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Foreign banks sell record Indian sovereign debt as tensions rise
Foreign banks sold a record amount of Indian government bonds on Thursday (May 8), as a growing border conflict with Pakistan weighs on…
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Pakistan says it downed 25 Indian drones after attacks escalate tensions
Pakistan’s military says it shot down 25 Indian drones that entered its airspace, as hostilities between the nuclear-armed neighbours…
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Pakistan test-fires ballistic missile as tensions with India spike after Kashmir gun massacre
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan test-fired a ballistic missile Saturday as tensions with India spiked over last month’s deadly attack on tourists in…
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Mapletree Logistics Trust’s Q4 DPU falls 11.6%; manager warns trade tensions could weigh on performance
Lower revenue contribution from China and weak regional currencies crimped Mapletree Logistics Trust’s (MLT) earnings for its fourth…
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Egypt's Suez Canal revenue fell sharply in 2024 on regional tensions
Egypt’s revenue from the Suez Canal plunged by almost two thirds last year, officials said on Wednesday, attributing the sharp drop to…