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Equities had their worst day since January after a report that Israel was bracing for an attack by Iran on government targets.The VIX index jumped 16 per cent.

Brent crude futures advances to $90.78 a barrel

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, after rising a dollar a barrel in the prior session, as investors braced for a worsening of the Middle East crisis, potentially involving Iran, the third-largest oil producer in OPEC. Brent crude futures advanced by 30 cents, or 0.3%, to $90.78 a barrel by 0325 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $86.46 a barrel. Both contracts rose more than 1% in the prior session after three sons of a Ha...

(Bloomberg) — Stocks in Asia fell after higher-than-expected US inflation data supported the view the Federal Reserve may keep interest rates higher for longer. Equity benchmarks in Japan and Australia and share futures for Hong Kong all slipped, mirroring selling on Wall Street on Wednesday. The S&P 500 fell 1% and the Nasdaq 100 dropped…

US stocks trimmed losses Thursday after a big sell-off in the prior session, as a key inflation gauge rose less than anticipated in March.

Asian and European stock markets mostly fell Thursday before the European Central Banks latest interest rate decision, after hotter-than-expected US inflation dented hopes for Federal Reserve rate reduction any time

Oil prices edge up on escalation in Middle East tensions By Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices ticked up during trade on Thursday, after rising a dollar a barrel in the prior session, as investors braced for a worsening of the Middle East crisis, potentially involving Iran, the third-largest oil…

Oil prices extended gains on Thursday, after rising a dollar a barrel in the prior session, as investors braced for a worsening of the Middle East crisis, potentially involving Iran, the third-largest oil producer in OPEC. Brent crude futures advanced by 30 cents, or 0.3%, to $90.78 a barrel by 0325 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $86.46 a barrel, Reuters reported.

Oil prices fell by $1 on Thursday following a major U.S. refinery outage and as sticky inflation dampened hopes for...

At 9:38 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones was down 0.03 per cent, the S&P 500 was up 0.10 per cent, the Nasdaq was up 0.38 per cent