Bank employees work in front of several monitors at the Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul, South Korea on May 12, 2026. Nurfoto | Nurfoto | getty images Wall Street tech moves and South Korea’s stock market are becoming increasingly intertwined as artificial intelligence spending ties the fortunes of US technology giants and Korean memory … Read more
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Dow Jones Industrial Average Old-economy stocks hit a record high on Tuesday as lower oil prices boosted old-economy stocks while chipmakers fell into trouble. nasdaq composite. The 30-stock index was up 477 points, or 0.9%. This created a new all-time intraday highest score … Read more
US President Donald Trump says Iran will “pay a price” for “taking too long to negotiate a deal”, as the country claimed responsibility for attacks on US forces in Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan in response to US attacks on Iranian ports and islands in the Strait of Hormuz. In a statement carried by Iranian state … Read more
The spot price of Brent crude oil fell to $124.68 a barrel on Wednesday, in a sign that the Iran ceasefire deal is unlikely to resolve the deep supply disruptions caused by the five-week war. Unlike futures contracts for delivery in June and beyond, the spot price controls Brent oil for delivery in the next … Read more
Commercial ships are pictured offshore in Dubai on March 11, 2026. – | AFP | getty images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Friday as oil prices rose anew on fears that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could further squeeze energy supplies, sparking fears of a global economic recession. Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba … Read more
Stocks climbed above their session lows S&P 500 And Dow Jones Industrial Average It hit an all-time high after investors refused to accept the Justice Department’s decision to open a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. S&P 500 closed 0.16% higher at 6,977.27, while Dow Jones Industrial Average It closed at 49,590.20, up … Read more
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, United States, on January 7, 2026. Brendan McDiarmid | reuters S&P 500 And Dow Jones Industrial Average The stock pulled back from record levels on Wednesday as areas of the market that were hot at the beginning of the year … Read more