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Silver price (XAG/USD) trades broadly sideways around $82.80 during the European trading session on Friday. The white metal consolidates as investors await the United States (US) Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) data for February, which will be published at 13:30 GMT.Investors will pay close attention to the US NFP data to get fresh cues on the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) monetary policy outlook. Traders trimmed dovish Fed bets for the July policy meeting after the release of the US ADP Employment data for February on Wednesday, which showed that the number of fresh jobs created in the private sector was higher than projected.The…
Oil rallied Thursday, with U.S. prices climbing above $80 for the first time in over a year, following a report that Iran attacked a U.S. oil tanker in the Persian Gulf.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 840 points, or 1.73%, to 47,885 at the time of writing, giving back all of Wednesday’s gains and then some. The S&P 500 fell 0.82% to around 6,810, while the Nasdaq Composite dipped 0.50% to the 22,690 region. The Russell 2000 dropped 1.65% to land near 2,590, with small caps bearing the brunt of the risk-off shift. Thursday’s selling was broad, but the Dow’s underperformance was notable, dragged lower by defensive and consumer staple names including Merck (MRK), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), and Walmart (WMT), all falling more than 2%.Iran conflict sends Oil…
Charter rates nearly doubled in recent days and are up fivefold since the start of the year.
The AUD/USD reversed its course, climbing some 0.61% on Wednesday as the US Dollar remains on the backfoot due to an improvement in market mood, sponsored by solid US economic data. At the time of writing, the pair trades at 0.7077, poised to end near the day’s high.
TOPSHOT – A saleswoman adjusts gold jewellery for sale at a shop in Lianyungang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on December 24, 2025. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) / China OUTStr | Afp | Getty ImagesThis year’s hottest trades — gold, silver and South Korea — are down big amid fears the war in Iran could go on for longer than expected. Here are the moves. Gold prices slide: Spot gold was last down more than 5% to $5,041.81 per ounce, with gold futures dropping 5% to $5,049. They’re still up more than 16% this year. Silver prices tumble:…
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Investors are failing to grasp the enormity of the fallout from U.S. and Israel attacks on Iran, says this energy expert.
Rabobank’s Molly Schwartz notes that Europe faces renewed energy security risks as Middle Eastern LNG reliability deteriorates following QatarEnergy’s production halt. TTF prices have surged to their highest level since early 2025, and Rabobank’s Energy Strategists warn that a full removal of Qatar from LNG supply could push European gas prices back toward 2022 levels, significantly tightening the regional energy complex.TTF prices react to Qatar LNG halt”Europe was hit with the first strike to its energy supply chain after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and had to start diversifying its inflows from elsewhere. Now that Middle Eastern LNG is losing…
An analyst sees minimal risk to the company’s guidance and thinks shares have been overly punished by a broad selloff in the software sector.