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Dollar Firms as Oil Leaps Further
The dollar was rising, alongside U.S. Treasury yields, to reflect yet another jump in oil prices.
The DXY dollar index, which measures the dollar against a basket of currencies, is up 0.1% at 100.208, while Brent crude last traded at $113.55 per barrel, close to its intraday high of $114.08.
“We emphasize that rising global energy prices and tighter global financial conditions would both be supportive factors for the broad U.S. dollar,” Danske Bank’s Filip Andersson said in a note.
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Oil and gas prices surged Thursday after some of the world’s most critical energy facilities were hit in a fresh wave of attacks in the Middle East, stoking fears of deeper and more prolonged disruptions to global supplies.
In mid-morning European trade, Brent crude climbed 10% to $118.50 a barrel and was up 65% on the month. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. oil gauge, rose 2.9% to $95.08 a barrel. Natural-gas prices spiked 26%, with the front-month Dutch TTF contract—the European benchmark—trading at 68.70 euros a megawatt-hour after briefly touching 70 euros at the open.
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Asian stocks fell sharply Thursday as investors digested a series of attacks on energy infrastructure in the Middle East and the weakness on Wall Street in the previous session.
South Korea’s KOSPI Composite index declined 2.7% after its 5% jump in the previous session. The red-hot stock market is up 37% so far in 2026 but has been very volatile since the Iran war began.
China’s Shanghai Composite slipped 1.4%, while Japan’s Nikkei index closed 3.4% down, after jumping 2.9% in the previous session.
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Wall Street tumbles as Middle East turmoil fans inflation fear
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Gold prices plunged below $4,800 a troy ounce, pressured by a stronger dollar and dimming hopes for further interest-rate cuts in the near term.
In early European trading, futures fell 2.9% to $4,755 an ounce, while the U.S. dollar index was up 0.1% to 100.18, making dollar-denominated commodities more expensive for overseas buyers.
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, as widely expected, but highlighted the risks that higher energy prices will lift inflation. “The rally in oil followed renewed escalation in the Middle East, with markets increasingly pricing the risk of disruptions to energy supplies and shipping routes,” ING analysts said.
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