Oil Near $90 on Escalating Middle East Risks
Oil remains supported near $90/bbl by Middle East tensions and attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz
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Oil prices edge lower after strong week; Iran jitters persist
August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…
Gold Tests a Major Resistance as Sell-Off Risk Builds — Watch This Week’s Close
GOLD: Bullish Going Into This Week. But Is It A Buy?In this Weekly Market Forecast, we will analyze Gold for the week of Aug 10-14th. Gold enters the week with a bullish bias after a strong rally pushed prices near $4,4…
Gold prices head for weekly gain, helped by a hit to Fed rate hike odds
August 14, 2026, 3:44 AM EDT. Stellantis (BIT:STLAM) has rolled out a broader selection for the 2027 Grand Cherokee, introducing new Trailhawk, Overland, and Upland variants with advanced features. However, the company’…
Gold Keeps Failing at $4,500 — But the Structural Bull Case Is Getting Stronger
Gold crashed 8% to $4,941 and silver plunged 17% to $95 on January 30, 2026, the worst single-day decline since 2013.
Oil prices on pace for weekly gain amid Hormuz supply uncertainty
August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…
Oil Prices Depend on Hormuz as Demand Destruction Deepens
With the average price of gasoline in the United States above $4.50 a gallon — about a 40 percent rise since the Iran war began in late February — Americans have been climbing into their cars less often, and stepping on…
European gas retreats from multi-week highs as profit-taking checks energy surge
August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…
Gold Outlook Hinges on Hormuz Tensions and US Inflation Data
August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…
Gold rises near $4,400 as Hormuz doubts, CPI keep Fed path in focus
Gold (XAU/USD) attracts some dip-buyers during the Asian session on Wednesday, stalling the previous day's retracement slide from the $4,435 region, or the highest level since June 5. The commodity, however, remains bel…
Oil prices near 2-week high as Hormuz remains closed, Houthi strikes continue
September WTI crude oil (CLU26) closed up +1.07 (+1.30%) on Tuesday, and September RBOB gasoline (RBU26) closed up +0.0012 (+0.04%).
Oil prices upbeat after sharp gains on fading Hormuz deal hopes
August 6, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. The Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a 3.42% conversion efficiency in laser-produced plasma (LPP) EUV lithography, closing in on ASML’s 5.5% commercial benchmark. Although current power …
Gold hits more than 2-month high as investors weigh Iran talks, U.S. inflation
August 10, 2026, 3:53 AM EDT. U.S. stock futures point to modest gains with investors assessing a strong weekly rally while monitoring geopolitical risks in the Middle East. According to Polymarket data, there is a 62% …
Oil climbs 4% after steep weekly loss as uncertainty over Hormuz reopening mounts
August 10, 2026, 2:41 PM EDT.Energy shares climbed 3.5%, propelled by increases in Exxon Mobil (XOM +3.30%) and Chevron (CVX +3.50%) after Brent crude advanced 3.06% to $86.11, spurred by Iran’s stance on Hormuz Strait …
Gold retreats from seven-week high amid Iran war uncertainty, looming CPI data
Gold (XAU/USD) price edges up at the beginning of the week as the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz faces delays due to demands from Iran to the US, and is capped by the modest strength of the Greenback, with traders ey…
What happens when the Strait reopens? Key factors to watch
“Let the oil flow!” With those words on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had reached an agreement to end the war with Iran after more than one hundred days and open the Strait o…
Gold Rally Shows How Fast Fed Repricing Can Reset Bullion Demand
Gold crashed 8% to $4,941 and silver plunged 17% to $95 on January 30, 2026, the worst single-day decline since 2013.
Could Copper Lose Its Tariff Premium?
Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market heading into 2026 as supply strains deepen, tariff fears distort trade flows and analysts flag long-term deficits.
Oil extends sharp gains as Iran seeks to ban U.S., Israeli ships from Hormuz
US President Donald Trump has extended a pause on strikes targeting Iranâs energy infrastructure until early April, as Washington signals that diplomacy remains its preferred path forward in the escalating conflict. T…
Oil Faces a Sharp Repricing Risk if US-Iran Talks Fail
Options Blueprint [Adv]: Financing a Convex Asymmetric HedgeMarket Context The setup on the chart is not just about momentum. It is about what happens when a market clears an important prior high through a gap and then …
Europe’s Gas Storage Hits Lowest Level Since 2011 as Winter Looms
August 6, 2026, 11:40 AM EDT. Live cattle futures added 42 cents to $2.22, while Aug 26 Live Cattle settled at $234.175, a gain of $2.225. Feeder cattle contracts advanced 72 cents to $2.27, as the CME Feeder Cattle Ind…
Iran and Oman Near Landmark Deal to Manage Strait of Hormuz
Axios says a proposed US-Iran deal covers the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions relief and enriched uranium limits.
Crude Oil WTI stuck in chop zone $79.60-$87.50: Live levels
Oil prices turn lower as Bessent says U.S. may have Iran deal "today or tomorrow"
Oil extends slide on Iran-Oman Hormuz shipping deal, U.S. inventory rebound
Middle Eastern fuel oil exports are on track to hit a four-month high in June, yet crude prices have tumbled to their lowest levels in months as the Strait of Hormuz tentatively reopens, exposing a fragile and uneven re…