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Today: July 27, 2026
Today: July 27, 2026

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Shares, bonds bounce as oil skid offers inflation relief

Share markets rallied in Asia on Monday as a pause in fighting in the Gulf dragged oil prices sharply lower, easing inflation risks and boosting bonds ahead

Shares, bonds bounce as oil skid offers inflation relief
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Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacks

Oil prices have fallen further in early trading after setting a two-month high set last week

Oil prices ease after US and Iran pause their attacks
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Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?

The U.S. military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing

Airstrikes have paused and talks are pressing forward. But can the US and Iran take the off-ramp?
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US equity funds log outflows for a second straight week as tech earnings eyed

U.S. equity funds recorded outflows for a second consecutive week as caution ahead of earnings reports from major technology companies and a renewed rise in oil prices weighed on

US equity funds log outflows for a second straight week as tech earnings eyed
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European shares gain as SAP lifts tech stocks; Middle East on watch

European shares rose on Friday after registering their steepest one-day loss in two weeks in the previous session, as investors drew comfort

European shares gain as SAP lifts tech stocks; Middle East on watch
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Fed Chairman Warsh faces cruel summer as bond yields spike

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh wanted a central bank that talked less and let the data speak. Now, markets are speaking for him - loudly.

Fed Chairman Warsh faces cruel summer as bond yields spike
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US energy shares gain as Houthi tanker attacks push Brent crude to $100

U.S. energy shares rose on Thursday as Brent crude touched $100 a barrel, extending a five-day rally after attacks on two Saudi oil tankers heightened concerns over global oil

US energy shares gain as Houthi tanker attacks push Brent crude to $100
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Gas, groceries and back-to-school items are where shoppers might see higher oil prices surface

Consumers already feeling pinched since the Iran war started may feel more pain after oil prices pushed past $100 a barrel

Gas, groceries and back-to-school items are where shoppers might see higher oil prices surface
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Dow forecasts quarterly core profit slightly above estimates, warns of Middle East uncertainty

Dow Inc forecast third-quarter core profit slightly above Wall Street expectations, while warning that the quarter ahead remains difficult to predict as the U.S.-

Dow forecasts quarterly core profit slightly above estimates, warns of Middle East uncertainty
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Wall St falls as tech earnings spark AI spending worries and oil hits $100

Wall Street indexes closed lower on Thursday with Nasdaq sinking more than 2% as the latest earnings updates from large technology companies

Wall St falls as tech earnings spark AI spending worries and oil hits $100
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Magnificent cash burn

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets There was a familiar playbook in response to Alphabet's earnings

Magnificent cash burn
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Asian shares are mostly higher and Mideast tensions push Brent crude past $96

Asian shares are mostly higher, while the intensifying war with Iran pushed Brent crude past $96 a barrel

Asian shares are mostly higher and Mideast tensions push Brent crude past $96
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Australia jobs blow past expectations in June, cements bets of another rate rise

Australian employment surged past all expectations in June, data showed on Thursday, in a sign of economic resilience that had markets wagering another hike

Australia jobs blow past expectations in June, cements bets of another rate rise
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Mideast war escalation threatens recovery in global oil refining

The escalating U.S.-Iran war threatens Asian oil refiners' plans to ramp up output in August, which could keep

Mideast war escalation threatens recovery in global oil refining
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Trading Day: Stocks fly, yen sinks

World stocks rallied sharply on Tuesday, with strong gains in semiconductor shares more than offsetting any angst about the U.S.-Iran war and

Trading Day: Stocks fly, yen sinks
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Wall St ends higher on chip stocks recovery; earnings in focus

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with the Nasdaq leading gains as a steep rally in semiconductor shares helped shift the focus

Wall St ends higher on chip stocks recovery; earnings in focus
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Dollar advances as oil prices rise after latest US-Iran strikes, Houthi blockade 

The U.S. dollar climbed on Tuesday and was poised for a fourth straight session of gains, as the latest round of attacks in the Middle East pushed

Dollar advances as oil prices rise after latest US-Iran strikes, Houthi blockade 
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IMF says oil prices, weak monsoon pose biggest risks to India's FY27 GDP growth

India's GDP growth in 2026/27 faces key downside risks from a widening war in the Middle East that is driving up oil prices and a

IMF says oil prices, weak monsoon pose biggest risks to India's FY27 GDP growth
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Trading Day: War clouds darken 

Escalating tensions in the Middle East finally weighed on Wall Street on Monday, after investors had earlier bought back beaten-down chip stocks

Trading Day: War clouds darken 
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Stocks fall as oil gains; Iran tensions, earnings in focus

Major stock indexes fell on Monday with investors cautious about developments in the U.S.-Iran war and ahead of earnings

Stocks fall as oil gains; Iran tensions, earnings in focus
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European shares tick lower as investors assess US-Iran jitters; tech earnings loom

European shares slipped on Monday as the deteriorating conflict in the Middle East stoked inflation fears ahead of a European Central Bank

European shares tick lower as investors assess US-Iran jitters; tech earnings loom
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Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakes

President Donald Trump has ramped up U.S. air strikes on Iran and threatened broader escalation, but there is little sign that a military strategy

Trump threatens new Iran escalation and risks repeating old mistakes
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Dollar firms as US-Iran tensions renew oil price risk

The dollar clung to gains against major peers on

Dollar firms as US-Iran tensions renew oil price risk
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Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say

Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian

Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say