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Oil Spike and Yields Threaten Stock Rally, Investors Fear

Oil Spike and Yields Threaten Stock Rally, Investors Fear

Deepening conflict in the Middle East has sent oil prices surging and Treasury yields ​climbing to levels that have equity investors on edge, raising fears that pain so far largely contained in the bond market could soon spill over into ‌U.S. stocks. Oil prices spiked to $100 a bar...


July 24, 2026
World Cup Boosts US Business Activity in July, S&P Says
World Cup Boosts US Business Activity in July, S&P Says

Activity in the vast U.S. services ​sector accelerated in July, aided in part by spending around the FIFA World Cup and the Independence ‌Day...

US New Home Sales Rise in June, but Affordability Lags
US New Home Sales Rise in June, but Affordability Lags

Sales of new U.S. single-family homes snapped a two-month skid in June, but higher mortgage rates and affordability ‌challenges restrained the...

Intel Rises; Strong Forecasts Signal AI Boost for Turnaround
Intel Rises; Strong Forecasts Signal AI Boost for Turnaround

Intel's shares rose 6% in premarket trading on Friday after bullish forecasts signaled the AI boom was propelling the chipmaker's...

US Agency Rejects Probe Into Tesla Door-Release Defect
US Agency Rejects Probe Into Tesla Door-Release Defect

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has denied a petition seeking ​a defect investigation into the emergency mechanical door...

Brazil Extends Gas Subsidy for 30 Days as Oil Rises
Brazil Extends Gas Subsidy for 30 Days as Oil Rises

The Brazilian ​government decided to extend a subsidy for ‌gasoline of 0.44 real per liter, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on...

Euro Zone Firms Struggle to Raise Prices After Iran Shock
Euro Zone Firms Struggle to Raise Prices After Iran Shock

Euro zone companies are struggling to raise prices for consumers already struggling with a rise in fuel costs, with fierce competition from China...

ECB Survey Shows Broadly Unchanged Inflation Outlook
ECB Survey Shows Broadly Unchanged Inflation Outlook

Euro zone inflation expectations remained broadly unchanged over the past three months and ​price growth is seen falling quickly next year...

German Business Activity Returns to Growth after 4 mths, PMI
German Business Activity Returns to Growth after 4 mths, PMI

Germany's private sector has returned to growth in July for the first time in four months, driven by a marked upturn ​in manufacturing output,...

French Private Sector Contraction Eased in July, Flash PMIs
French Private Sector Contraction Eased in July, Flash PMIs

France's private sector contraction eased in July, with services output slowing only marginally, although inflation, borrowing costs and...

Sabadell Sees Higher Profit and Lending Income Ahead
Sabadell Sees Higher Profit and Lending Income Ahead

Sabadell expects lending income and profitability to rise in ​2026 and 2027 after reporting lower second-quarter lending income on Friday as...

China Blacklists 14 EU Entities Over Russia Sanctions
China Blacklists 14 EU Entities Over Russia Sanctions

China is banning the export of dual-use items to 14 additional European Union entities ​with immediate effect, the Commerce Ministry said on...

VW Cuts 2026 Sales Growth Outlook Amid Restructuring
VW Cuts 2026 Sales Growth Outlook Amid Restructuring

Volkswagen no longer expects revenue to grow this year, after ​the German carmaker dropped its previous forecast on Friday, setting the stage for a...

UK Firms Plan Smaller Price Rises and Wage Hikes, BoE Survey
UK Firms Plan Smaller Price Rises and Wage Hikes, BoE Survey

British businesses expect to increase prices and wages by ​a bit less in the ‌year ahead after a ceasefire in the Iran war briefly pushed down...

UK Firms Return to Growth as Cost Pressures Ease, PMI Shows
UK Firms Return to Growth as Cost Pressures Ease, PMI Shows

British firms reported their first growth in three months in July, helped by a brief respite in the Iran war, and were the most upbeat since the...

Hot Weather and World Cup Boost UK Retail Sales
Hot Weather and World Cup Boost UK Retail Sales

British retail sales ​rose unexpectedly in June as shoppers increased their spending on air conditioning and clothing, official data showed on...

India to Launch Common Customer ID for Financial Firms
India to Launch Common Customer ID for Financial Firms

Indian banks and insurers will launch a common customer identification system in August, with asset managers joining ‌later, two regulatory...

Reckitt to Sell Russia Hygiene Business, Expects $233M Hit
Reckitt to Sell Russia Hygiene Business, Expects $233M Hit

Reckitt Benckiser on Friday agreed to sell its Russian hygiene ​business to local consumer goods manufacturer Arnest ‌Management, as the...

India Gold Discounts Hit 7-Week High; China Demand Rises
India Gold Discounts Hit 7-Week High; China Demand Rises

India's gold discounts widened to their highest level in seven ‌weeks as demand remained subdued after a price rebound earlier in the week...

Oil Prices Head for Weekly Rise on Middle East Escalation
Oil Prices Head for Weekly Rise on Middle East Escalation

Oil futures prices retreated on ​Friday but are still set for hefty weekly gains because of concerns about disrupted energy flows in the Red...

Asian Stocks Sink as Oil Spike Raises Rate Risks
Asian Stocks Sink as Oil Spike Raises Rate Risks

Asian shares sank on Friday as a near 40% rise in oil prices this ​month due to the intensifying conflict in the Gulf revived inflation fears,...

Dollar Rises on Yields, Mideast Risk, Trade War Inflation
Dollar Rises on Yields, Mideast Risk, Trade War Inflation

The dollar was underpinned by higher U.S. Treasury yields on Friday and hovered near a 40-year peak ​against the yen, as a spike in oil prices and...

Wall St Falls on AI Spending Worries and $100 Oil
Wall St Falls on AI Spending Worries and $100 Oil

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

July 23, 2026
South Africa Central Bank Surprises With Rate Hold
South Africa Central Bank Surprises With Rate Hold

South Africa's central bank surprised investors and economists by keeping ​its main lending rate unchanged on Thursday, saying its policy was...

Alphabet's Cash Burn Alarms Big Tech as AI Costs Rise
Alphabet's Cash Burn Alarms Big Tech as AI Costs Rise

Alphabet's first cash burn on record has jolted investors awaiting more Big Tech results next week as soaring AI spending ​strains one of...

Boeing Pips Airbus in Low-Key Farnborough Jet Order Race
Boeing Pips Airbus in Low-Key Farnborough Jet Order Race

Boeing ​edged Airbus in a subdued series of order announcements at the Farnborough Airshow this week, as the global aerospace industry...

Renault EV Helps Rebound Sales Against Chinese Rivals
Renault EV Helps Rebound Sales Against Chinese Rivals

Renault Group sales rebounded ‌in the second quarter as strong demand for its Renault 5 electric vehicle helped the French automaker...

Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX to Shut Down
Cryptocurrency Exchange BitMEX to Shut Down

Cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX, whose founders were pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump last year, said on Thursday it will shut down...

Mexican Economy Falters in May as Construction Dips
Mexican Economy Falters in May as Construction Dips

Mexico's economy contracted in ​May from April, official ‌data showed on Thursday, fueling caution about the country's situation ​as...

Harley-Davidson Profits Drop as Material Costs Rise
Harley-Davidson Profits Drop as Material Costs Rise

Harley-Davidson reported lower second-quarter profit and revenue but raised its annual forecast on Thursday, as the ​legacy motorbike maker...

Short Sellers Notch $15.5 bln Profit as SpaceX Shares Slide
Short Sellers Notch $15.5 bln Profit as SpaceX Shares Slide

Short sellers targeting SpaceX shares are sitting on an estimated $15.5 billion in paper profit since the rockets-to-AI firm's mid-June...

ECB Keeps Rates on Hold, Leaves Room for more Hikes
ECB Keeps Rates on Hold, Leaves Room for more Hikes

The European Central Bank kept borrowing costs on hold on Thursday but left room ​for more tightening in the coming months as ‌a widening...

Pound Steady as Investors Eye Oil Prices, ECB Decision
Pound Steady as Investors Eye Oil Prices, ECB Decision

The pound held steady and was ​set for its first monthly rise against the dollar since April on Thursday, while ‌investors weighed a jump in...

European Chip Stocks Diverge as Investors Weigh AI Demand
European Chip Stocks Diverge as Investors Weigh AI Demand

European semiconductor stocks moved sharply on Thursday after earnings updates, with Soitec surging on strong photonics demand linked to artificial...

FTSE 100 Muted as Weak Miners Offset Energy Gains
FTSE 100 Muted as Weak Miners Offset Energy Gains

Britain's FTSE 100 was little changed on Thursday as weakness in precious metal miners offset gains in energy shares after ​higher oil prices,...

Dr Reddy's Slips on Margin, Semaglutide Supply Woes
Dr Reddy's Slips on Margin, Semaglutide Supply Woes

July 23 (Reuters) - Shares of Dr Reddy's Laboratories fell as much as 6.9% on Thursday after many brokerages cut their earnings forecasts...

UK Factory Orders Slump as Cost Pressures Rise, CBI Says
UK Factory Orders Slump as Cost Pressures Rise, CBI Says

British manufacturing orders continued to deteriorate in July at the joint-fastest ​rate since September 2020, during the ‌COVID-19 pandemic,...

Gold Slips 1% as Oil Rally Brings Fed Rate Hikes into Focus
Gold Slips 1% as Oil Rally Brings Fed Rate Hikes into Focus

Gold retreated on Thursday, as the intensifying Middle East ‌conflict drove up oil prices and supported investor concerns that inflationary...

USD Hits Fresh 40-yr High Versus JPY, Edges Down Against EUR
USD Hits Fresh 40-yr High Versus JPY, Edges Down Against EUR

The ​dollar edged lower against the euro ahead of the European Central Bank's policy meeting on Thursday and reached a fresh ‌40-year high...

CXMT Debut Highlights China’s State-Backed Tech Power
CXMT Debut Highlights China’s State-Backed Tech Power

Chipmaker CXMT's high-profile debut next week will mark a major milestone for China's state-led funding model, highlighting how government...

French Business Morale Improves in July Despite Head Winds
French Business Morale Improves in July Despite Head Winds

French business confidence ​rose to a four-month high in July despite a new flare-up ‌in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and record heatwaves at...

India's PVR INOX Posts Q1 Profit on Strong Ticket Sales
India's PVR INOX Posts Q1 Profit on Strong Ticket Sales

Indian multiplex operator PVR INOX on Thursday posted a first-quarter profit, helped by strong demand for films across ​languages, higher...

Asia's Rich Swap Sponsorships for Sports Stakes in Deal Boom
Asia's Rich Swap Sponsorships for Sports Stakes in Deal Boom

Asian wealthy families and fund managers are increasingly moving beyond sponsorships and charity-linked sporting events to invest directly in...


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