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May 22, 2026 9:15 AM

Global stocks rise, dollar at six-week high as focus remains on US-Iran talks

Asian stocks rose on Friday while the U.S. dollar sat near six- week highs and oil prices were whipsawed as investors held on to hopes of a breakthrough in U.S.-Iran peace talks although both sides remained at odds over key issues. The worry for investors remains the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical artery for the world's energy supplies, that has sent oil prices soaring and rewired the global interest rate outlook because of inflationary concerns. U.S. Secretary of State Marco...

May 21, 2026 9:24 AM

Global stocks soar on Nvidia earnings, Samsung strike suspension

Asian stocks surged on Thursday as some vessels resumed passage through the Strait of Hormuz, while forecast-beating results at Nvidia and a suspended workers' strike at Samsung Electronics lifted shares of chipmakers. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 2.6%, snapping a four-day streak of losses. Korea's leapt more than 7%, Taiwanese shares rose 3.5% and Chinese blue-chips gained 1.1%. Brent crude futures edged up 0.6% to $105.68 a barrel in Asia trade, retracin...

May 14, 2026 8:53 AM

Global stocks rise on AI enthusiasm, focus on Trump-Xi summit

Stocks rose on Thursday, powered by AI fervour that pushed South Korea's SK Hynix to the brink of joining the trillion-dollar club, while the spotlight was firmly on a high-stakes summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping. Trump heads into a series of meetings with China's Xi in Beijing, aiming to secure economic wins, maintain a fragile trade truce and navigate flashpoints such as the Iran war and arms sales to Taiwan. Michael Strobaek, global chief investment officer ...

April 15, 2026 9:51 AM

Asian shares scale six-week peak on hopes for US-Iran peace talks

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Wednesday as hopes for a resumption of U.S.-Iran peace talks pushed oil prices lower, while the dollar steadied after seven days of losses. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports. Pakistani and Iranian officials also said negotiations could restart. Signs that diplomatic engagement would continue he...

March 18, 2026 2:59 PM

Asian stocks rally as oil retreats, Fed in spotlight

Asian shares rallied on Wednesday as oil prices paused their gains, with markets turning to the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting to see how policymakers will balance growth and inflation risks amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Israel intensified its offensive by killing Iran's security chief, while Iran renewed its strikes on oil facilities in the United Arab Emirates. A senior Iranian official said the new supreme leader rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by interm...

January 14, 2026 2:06 PM

Asian stocks, gold, silver hit records, fragile yen spurs intervention worries

Asian stocks rose to a record high on Wednesday, buoyed by Japanese shares, as investors braced for a possible election in Japan that could lead to more stimulus, while worries about central bank independence and benign U.S. inflation datajolted currencies. Rising geopolitical tensions helped propel silver above $90 per ounce for the first time with the metal surging 27% in the first nine trading days of the year. Gold prices also climbed to yet another record high after a stellar 2025. Oil pr...

September 22, 2025 9:53 AM

Asian stocks hesitant after Trump’s visa crackdown

Asian stocks inched up and the dollar was steady on Monday as traders pondered the U.S. monetary policy path after the Federal Reserve's rate cut last week, while President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown on worker visas kept sentiment in check. The focus will be on Indian and tech stocks after the Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for new H-1B worker visas, a blow to the tech sector that relies on skilled workers from India and China. U.S...

July 9, 2025 9:29 AM

Dollar firm, Asian stocks mixed as traders ponder tariff outlook

The dollar traded close to a 2-1/2-week high versus major peers on Wednesday while copper hit an all-time peak overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump broadened his global trade war by threatening a 50% tariff on the metal. Trump also said levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals were coming soon, weighing on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures indicating further weakness there on Wednesday. However, stock markets around the Asia-Pacific were mixed, as investors digested Trump's lates...

April 15, 2025 8:53 AM

Asia shares rise, bonds hold steady on some tariff reprieve

Asia shares edged slightly higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in auto companies after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he might grant exemptions on auto-related levies already in place. U.S. Treasury bonds steadied having staged a recovery overnight following last week's historic selloff, while the dollar continued to fall out of favour with investors. Trump said on Monday he was considering a modification to the 25% tariffs imposed on foreign auto and auto parts imports from Mexico, Cana...

April 11, 2025 9:54 AM

Global stocks, dollar sink, bonds pummelled again as trade war roils markets

Global stocks slumped and the dollar sank further on Friday, while a manic bond selloff took hold in a brutal end to the week of tit-for-tat worldwide tariffs that have fed fears of a deep recession and shaken investor confidence in U.S. assets. The anxiety has sparked a rush into safe havens, sending the Swiss franc soaring to a decade high against the dollar, and gold to a new peak after a brief but massive relief rally following U.S. President Donald Trump's move to temporarily lower tariffs...