Le dollar américain est en passe de connaître son mois le plus solide depuis juillet 2025, l’indice Bloomberg Dollar Spot ayant progressé d’environ 2,6% en mars. Cette hausse s’inscrit dans un contexte de forte volatilité des marchés, où le conflit......
Iran has likely collected hundreds of millions of dollars in additional oil revenue since the U.S.-Israeli military campaign began on February 28, exploiting its unique position as the only major Persian Gulf producer still able to ship crude through the Strait of Hormuz. The windfall represents a central......
Freight rates for tankers carrying Saudi crude from Yanbu on the Red Sea to Asia collapsed this week. They fell from over $450,000 per day in early March to about $200,000 per day. A growing fleet converged on this Saudi export hub after the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupted global oil logistics. The......
The global energy market is facing its most severe disruption in decades, with the International Energy Agency warning that the oil crisis triggered by the Iran conflict now surpasses the scale of the shocks seen in the 1970s. Nearly a month after hostilities began on February 28, the closure of the......
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have launched a new trade route linking Sharjah to Dammam, opening a multimodal corridor designed to keep goods moving as shipping risks rise across the Gulf. The project was announced on March 23 by Saudi Ports Authority, known as Mawani, and comes as commercial......
Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell sharply by nearly 5 percent on Monday, losing more than 2,600 points as escalating conflict in the Middle East triggered a broad selloff across Asian markets and intensified concerns over a prolonged energy-driven inflation shock. South Korea’s Kospi dropped......
Oil prices have surged to their highest levels in nearly four years as the conflict involving Iran disrupts global energy supply, raising inflation risks and reviving concerns about stagflation. Brent crude closed at $112.19 per barrel on Friday, its highest level since July 2022. In the United States,......
Asian stock markets fell sharply on Thursday as escalating attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf pushed oil prices higher, while the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan held interest rates steady amid rising economic uncertainty. Oil prices jumped after strikes targeting key facilities across......
The US dollar index climbed above the 100 mark on Wednesday, gaining about 5 percent from its late January low, as escalating tensions in the Middle East and a more restrictive Federal Reserve stance drove investors toward the dollar as a safe haven. The move marks a sharp reversal for a currency that......
China is drawing on years of strategic preparation to cushion the impact of escalating disruptions to global oil flows, as military tensions involving Iran enter a third week. As the world’s largest oil importer, Beijing has relied on large crude stockpiles, alternative shipping routes, and rapid......
Global oil prices climbed sharply on Tuesday as renewed Iranian attacks on energy infrastructure in the Gulf reversed a brief decline, with Brent closing above 100 dollars per barrel and US crude gaining nearly 3 percent on the day. The rally comes as the conflict involving the United States and Israel......
Shares of CF Industries Holdings surged more than 13 percent on Thursday, reaching a record high as the escalating conflict involving Iran disrupted global fertilizer supply chains. The nitrogen fertilizer producer closed at $136, up $15.87 for the session after touching an intraday peak of $137.44.......
The U.S. dollar strengthened this week, with the dollar index rising above 99.00 to its highest level since late November 2025 as investors moved toward safe haven assets amid escalating conflict in the Middle East. The index traded near 99.34 on Thursday after reaching an intraday high close to 99.76.......