OIL prices jumped on Friday as reports that Israel had attacked Iran roiled markets and sparked

the omicron variant and monetary policy roil markets. Hedge funds, which use borrowed money to amplify

The benchmark index is still up around 16 per cent this year.... Meanwhile, emerging-market stocks

KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI descended descended sharply in morning trade as profit-taking accelerated amid worsening conflict in the Ukraine-Russia crisis.... Reports of escalating violence and Russian troops targeting Ukrainian civilians overshadowed a strong US jobs report over the weekend, triggering further selling in global equities.... Maybank dropped 20 sen to RM8.80, CIMB lost 20 sen to RM4.87 and Public Bank shaved seven sen to R4.35 amid the ongoing disruption to the global economy...

Elon Musk is throwing grenades into Europe’s political mainstream over issues ranging from immigration to free speech, creating a dilemma for governments as they try to respond to the tech billionaire and key adviser to the incoming Trump administration.In recent days and weeks, Musk has weighed in with a series of incendiary social-media posts on European politics, including supporting a far-right party ahead of an election in Germany, accusing the British prime minister of being complicit in r

" a reporter asked the president. MORE: US stocks sink in 1st trading after Trump's tariffs announcement" I think it's going very well," Trump responded.... For many years we've been at the wrong side of the ball.... And I'll tell you what, I think it's going to be unbelievable." President Donald Trump speaks to reporters prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on April 3, 2025....

the West, which is important to Iran for economic and political reasons. The January

A 75-basis-point hike would be the biggest since 1994." The May inflation data was so concerning that we think the Fed will react even more aggressively in moving rates' expeditiously'," BNY Mellon strategist John Velis said on Monday.... A key part of the Treasury yield curve inverted on fears that big Fed hikes would tip the economy into recession, and yields of benchmark 10-year Treasuries hit their highest levels since 2011.... Yields on the two-year Treasury note US2YT= RR are at their hi

the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.... Read full storyThe ruble RUBUTSTN= MCX pared some losses after

The cost of a war against Iran – both political and economic – would be too high even for the