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S&P 500, Nasdaq nab record closing highs, WTI crude falls on hopes for Iran peace deal

Tech shares, lifted by surging chip stocks, put the Nasdaq out front, while the S&P 500's gains were more modest International News via Reuters: The S&P...

London’s FTSE 250 midcap index scales near three-month high

The blue-chip FTSE 100 rose 0.6% to 10,533.50 points by 1020 GMT, touching a one-month high, while the FTSE 250 climbed 0.9% to its...

Sterling dips as hopes of imminent Iran peace deal fade

Sterling was last down 0.2% at $1.348 after rallying 0.6% on Monday on hopes of a deal to end the war and reopen the...

Stocks jump while oil and dollar ease on Iran peace hopes

The nearly three-month-long conflict in the Middle East has driven energy prices sharply higher and reshaped the global rates outlook, as inflation concerns intensify...

Stocks rally, while oil and dollar ease on Middle East peace hopes

The nearly three-month-long conflict in the Middle East has driven energy prices sharply higher and reshaped the global rates outlook, as inflation concerns intensify...

Dollar drifts lower as oil falls on Hormuz deal optimism

Meanwhile many global markets - including in the U.S., Hong Kong, the UK and the majority of Europe - are closed for holidays on...

Oil falls, stocks mostly higher as investors hope for progress in Iran war talks

Oil prices had been higher earlier in the day, while major U.S. stock indexes were all lower, after Reuters reported Iran's supreme leader has...

Stocks edge higher as investors mull Iran talks and Nvidia earnings

Europe's STOXX 600 index was up 0.2%, having fallen earlier in the session International News via Reuters: European stocks rose and U.S. futures flatlined on Thursday...

Sterling dips after British inflation cools in April

Sterling was last down 0.07% at $1.3384, not far from a nearly six-week low of $1.3304 that was touched on Friday International News via Reuters: The...

UK’s FTSE 100 ends marginally higher as bond yields resume their rise

The blue-chip FTSE 100 index closed 0.1% higher at 10,330.5 points after rising as much as 0.8% earlier in the day International News via Reuters: UK's...

Sterling slips after UK jobs data, politics in focus

The Office for National Statistics said the jobs drop was the biggest since May 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, but stressed...

Shares and bonds steady as oil eases on Trump’s Iran comments

Trump said on Monday he had halted a planned resumption of attacks against Iran to allow time for negotiations to take place on a...
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