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The AUD/USD pair trades subduedly around 0.7120 during the European trading session on Friday. The Aussie pair ticks lower as the US Dollar (USD) trades broadly firm amid higher oil prices due to the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical passage to almost 20% of global energy supply.

Chris Turner at ING argues that a regime of higher Oil prices, inflation and tighter global policy would favour EUR/CHF upside. Switzerland’s low fossil-fuel exposure means the Swiss National Bank (SNB) is likely to lag in tightening.

The Indian Rupee (INR) opens positively against the US Dollar (USD) on Friday, extending its losing streak for the fifth trading day.

Reliance Industries, the biggest oil refiner in India, is expected to report a drop in profits for its fourth quarter to March, driven by the oil price surge caused by the war in the Middle East. Based on a poll of brokerages, Reuters reported Reliance Industries could book a 3.7% decline in quarter

Asian equity markets mostly declined on Friday as higher oil prices pressured sentiment amid stalled US–Iran peace talks and ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.

Crude oil production recovery to pre-war levels could take just a few months, Goldman Sachs analysts said, adding a note of caution that recovery could also take longer than that. The bank estimates lost production in the Middle East at 14.5 million barrels daily as of this month. However, most of t

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price gains ground after opening at levels below the previous close, trading around 95.60 during the Asian hours on Friday. Crude oil prices gain on rising supply concerns amid stalled US-Iran peace negotiations and the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Brown Brothers Harriman’s (BBH) Elias Haddad reports that USD/PHP is trading just below its record high as higher crude Oil prices overshadow a hawkish Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) move.

Faced with the second energy crisis this decade, the European Union aims to reduce dependence on natural gas, coordinate gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel supplies, and accelerate renewable energy capacity installations. The European Commission on Wednesday unveiled proposals aimed at protecting Europe

Standard Chartered economists Tommy Wu and Hunter Chan report that the Hong Kong SME Leading Business Index fell to 43.3 in Q2, reflecting weaker sentiment linked to higher Oil prices and Middle East tensions.

Phillips 66 has shipped crude oil from Texas to the U.S. East Coast on a foreign-flagged tanker, the first such cargo since Washington waived the Jones Act last month, Kpler ship-tracking data shows. The Bakken crude was loaded in early April at a Phillips 66 terminal in Beaumont, Texas, onto the Ma

Canada’s pledge to contribute 23.6 million barrels of oil to the International Energy Agency’s coordinated release will add little new supply to an already tight market because the volumes are not incremental, BMO Capital Markets said in an interview with Bloomberg, adding that the barrels in questi

Every time oil prices rise, Europe falls into the same familiar cycle. Politicians promise relief, analysts debate OPEC strategy, governments consider subsidies, and consumers prepare for higher transport and heating costs. It is a ritual of crisis management that assumes one thing above all else: o