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World shares rally after Trump announces what appears to be shaky Israeli-Iran ceasefire
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....orld shares rally after Trump announces what appears to be shaky Israeli-Iran ceasefire<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 24-6-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Frankfurt, Jun 24 (AP) Stocks rallied and oil prices fell Tuesday after US President Donald Trump announced what appears to be a shaky ceasefire in the Israel-Iran war. The tentative truce proposed by Trump remained uncertain after Israel said Iran had launched missi....
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....les into its airspace less than three hours after the ceasefire went into effect. It vowed to retaliate. Still, investors took heart after Trump said Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched limited missile attacks Monday on a US military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites over the weekend. “The Middle E....
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....ast may still be smoldering, but as far as markets are concerned, the fire alarm has been shut off,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.8 per cent while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7 per cent. In morning trading Europe time, Germany's DAX leaped 1.8 per cent to 23,693.13, while the CAC 40 in Paris added 1.2 per c....
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....ent to 7,625.20. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.3 per cent at 8,784.68. Oil prices fell further, after tumbling on Monday as fears subsided of an Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for shipping crude. Oil prices have now given up almost all their gains since Israel attacked Iran on June 13, wiping out a roughly USD 10 per barrel risk premium based on the outside chance of a ....
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....blockade at the strait. The price of oil initially jumped 6 per cent after trading began Sunday night, a signal of rising worries as investors got their first chance to react to the US bombings. But it quickly shed all those gains, with US benchmark crude falling 7.2 per cent. It dropped further early Tuesday, giving up 3 per cent to USD 66.49 per barrel. It had briefly topped USD 78. Brent cr....
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....ude, the international standard, shed 3 per cent early Tuesday to USD 69.38. That was just a few cents above where it traded on June 12 ahead of the Israeli attack on Iran. With the global oil market well supplied and the OPEC+ alliance of producing countries steadily increasing production, oil prices could be headed down, said Carsten Fritsch, commodities analyst at Commerzbank. “The crucial ....
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....question now is whether the ceasefire will hold and a lasting peace solution can be found,” he wrote in a research note. If so, a further fall in the oil price could be expected.” At their next meeting July 6, ministers from eight OPEC+ countries are expected to add another 4,10,000 barrels per day of production. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 rose 1.1 per cent to 38,790.56 and the Hang Seng ....
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....in Hong Kong gained 2.1 per cent to 24,177.07. The Shanghai Composite index climbed 1.2 per cent to 3,420.57. In South Korea, the Kospi jumped 3 per cent to 3,103.64, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained 1 per cent to 8,555.50. Taiwan's Taiex rose 2.1 per cent and India's Sensex was up 0.6 per cent. In Bangkok, the SET surged 2.5 per cent. US stocks rallied on Monday despite the United Sta....
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....tes' bunker-busting entry into its war with Israel. The S&P 500 climbed 1 per cent and the Dow industrials gained 0.9 per cent. The Nasdaq composite index advanced 0.9 per cent. Back in the US, Treasury yields eased after a top Federal Reserve official said she would support cutting rates at the Fed's next meeting, as long as “inflation pressures remain contained.” Investors will be watc....
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....hing for Fed Chair Jerome Powell's comments to the US Congress later Tuesday, analysts said. The yield on the 10-year Treasury held steady at 4.33% from 4.38% late Friday. The two-year Treasury yield, which more closely tracks expectations for the Fed, dropped to 3.83% from 3.90%. The Federal Reserve has been hesitant to cut interest rates this year because it's waiting to see how much higher ....
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....tariffs imposed by Trump will hurt the US economy and raise inflation. Inflation has remained relatively tame recently, but higher oil and gasoline prices would push it higher. That could keep the Fed on hold because cuts to rates can fan inflation while they also give the economy a boost. The US dollar fell to 145.13 Japanese Yen from 146.15 Yen late Monday. The Euro rose to USD 1.1597 from U....
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