Petrol

Pakistan is paying an all-time high premium of $34 per barrel on petroleum product imports amid the supply crunch caused by the war in the Middle East. Previously, Pakistan State Oil was paying around $12 per barrel over benchmark prices, the Express Tribune reported, citing a letter by the state co

The USD/CAD pair remains on the defensive around 1.3650 during the early European session on Tuesday. Rising oil prices due to Middle East tension provide some support to the commodity-linked Loonie.

Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur notes New Zealand inflation at 3.1% year-on-year, slightly above the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) target, and warns that higher energy prices could push it further. He sees a possible rate hike in late May, which might briefly support the New Zealand Dollar (NZD).

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil price declines after registering modest gains in the previous day, trading around $85.40 per barrel during the Asian hours on Tuesday.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the US crude oil benchmark, is trading around $86.00 during the Asian trading hours on Tuesday. The WTI price edges higher as tensions rise between the United States (US) and Iran.

USD/CAD remains subdued for the seventh consecutive day, trading around 1.3640 during the Asian hours on Tuesday.

A couple of weeks ago, we reported that traders had ramped up bearish bets on oil prices, with traders pouring nearly $1 billion into the ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF (SCO), a leveraged bet on falling prices following war-driven highs. This massive buildup in bearish sentiment came s

The oil market is heading into unknown spaces. To paraphrase Starship Enterprise, “Oil markets ('Space' the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has g

Inflation is expected to jump to 3.3 per cent as the first effects of the war in Iran will be recorded in a new set of data. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is expected to reveal that inflation inched up in the year to March due to soaring fuel prices and tremors across financial markets. E

OCBC strategists Sim Moh Siong and Christopher Wong argue that Asian FX will likely unwind Friday’s rally after Iran’s renewed closure of the Strait of Hormuz. High‑beta KRW is seen leading the pullback, while TWD, INR, THB and PHP also soften on Oil sensitivity.

USD/JPY trades with a downside bias on Monday as the US Dollar (USD) gives up earlier gains amid hopes of a possible deal to end the US-Iran war, despite escalating tensions.

The national average price of gasoline in the United States has dipped below the $4 mark for the first time in weeks, with data compiled by GasBuddy from more than 12 million individual price reports across more than 150,000 gas stations revealing that the national average fell by 9 cents from a wee

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) futures gapped lower at Sunday's reopen toward the 49,100 area but ground steadily higher through the US session to settle only marginally below Friday's closing handle near 49,400.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has criticized an easing of sanctions on Russian energy, writing on X that "every dollar paid for Russian oil is money for the war." His statement on April 19 comes after the United States prolonged its Russian oil waiver earlier in the week with figures showi

TD Securities analysts note that Canadian Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% m/m in March, lifting annual inflation to 2.4% y/y, driven mainly by higher gasoline and transportation costs.

Deutsche Bank’s analysts highlight sharp Brent Oil volatility as Iran tensions and Strait of Hormuz disruptions drive price swings. They note Brent crude rebounded after a steep Friday selloff, but remains sensitive to ceasefire headlines and shipping probabilities.