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Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices rose by nearly 2% on Monday morning in Amsterdam as a heatwave in Europe is raising short-term power demand and the U.S.-Iran talks continue amid conflicting messages about the negotiations and renewed threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. The front-month Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, were up by 1.75% at $49.04 (42.83 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh) early on Monday in Amsterdam trade, reversing some of the...

Gasoline prices have started to fall, and that is welcome news for drivers. After months of pain at the pump following the war with Iran and the disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, even modest relief is noticeable. But falling from crisis levels is not the same thing as returning to normal. That distinction may define the next several months in the oil market. The developing U.S.-Iran agreement has given traders a reason to mark down crude prices. Markets are forward-looking,...

China is preparing  a second terminal to receive sanctioned Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG), as the country’s gas imports surge. According to an exclusive report by Reuters, the newly built Longkou LNG terminal in eastern China's Shandong province is being lined up to receive LNG from Russia’s $21-billion Arctic LNG 2 project. Operated by the state-owned pipeline monopoly PipeChina, the Longkou terminal has completed its mechanical building phase and is expected to be fully operational...

Headline CPI inflation jumped up to 3.2% year-on-year (y/y) in May up from 2.8% in April, above consensus expectations. Higher prices at the pump were the main culprit, with inflation ex-gasoline up a more modest 2.2% y/y. Prices at the pump were up 33.2% y/y in May reaching their highest levels since June 2022. Food […] The post Canadian Inflation Likely Peaked in May appeared first on ActionForex.

Sterling led gains in today as investors responded positively to signs of increasing political clarity in the UK, while improving prospects for a broader Middle East settlement supported risk sentiment more generally. Aussie followed as the second-strongest performer, with Canadian Dollar also finding support after stronger-than-expected inflation data. On the other side of the spectrum, […] The post Markets Reward Stability as Burnham Rises and Iran Talks Progress appeared first on ActionForex.

 Inflows into US equity funds are heading towards a record high. Geopolitical and other fears continue to weigh on the S&P 500. Corporate earnings are rising, the economy is on a solid footing, and interest in AI shows no sign of waning. What else is needed to convince investors of a bright future for the […] The post S&P 500: the Higher It Climbs, the Greater the Fear appeared first on ActionForex.

Iran isn’t wasting any time moving its oil out of the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. lifted the naval blockade outside the chokepoint and the U.S. and Iran discuss a framework on a lasting peace deal. While Western shippers and insurers remain wary of the conflicting signals about how open the Strait of Hormuz really is, Iran is rushing to evacuate barrels it wasn’t able to push past the U.S. blockade over the past two months. At least three supertankers, carrying a total of 6...

Geopolitics is once again bolstering the US dollar. Rising political risks in the UK are weighing on the pound. The US dollar opened the week with a gap up against the backdrop of escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, expectations of accelerating inflation in the US and weakness in rival currencies. The pound is […] The post The Dollar Outperforms Its Rivals appeared first on ActionForex.

Kuwait is offering naphtha for loading at its ports deep into the Persian Gulf in the first such tender in months, as Middle Eastern oil producers seek to raise shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. State-held Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has issued a tender to sell naphtha cargoes to be picked up at Kuwaiti ports by buyers, Bloomberg reported on Monday, quoting a tender document it had seen. The Kuwaiti tender is a sign that the Gulf producers are hopeful that the Strait of Hormuz...

India is set to import a record-high volume of Russian crude in June as the Hormuz crisis and the U.S. waivers on Russia’s barrels have pushed the world’s third-largest crude importer to gorge on Moscow’s oil again. India has imported 2.6 million barrels per day (bpd) of Russian crude oil so far in June, according to preliminary vessel-tracking data from commodity analytics firm Kpler cited by Indian media. So far this month, Russian crude has accounted for as much as 53.5% of all Indian oil...