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Financial markets traded with a mixed tone today as investors tried to balance fresh signs of diplomatic progress in the Middle East against lingering concerns that the region’s energy and security risks are far from resolved. The shift in sentiment was reflected most clearly in currency markets, where Dollar weakened broadly as traders scaled back […] The post Dollar Falls as Peace Hopes Return, But Risks Haven’t Gone Away appeared first on ActionForex.

USDJPY has returned to the area of previous interventions. The ECB is moving towards a rate hike in June. The US dollar retreated on Friday amid new record highs for stock indices and rumours of amendments to the US-Iran agreement. However, tit-for-tat exchanges between the adversaries pushed the dollar index back into the support zone […] The post Yen Braces for a New Storm appeared first on ActionForex.

For a market supposedly obsessed with geopolitics, investors appear remarkably calm. The proposed US-Iran agreement remains unsigned, key details are still unresolved, and military exchanges between the two sides continue. Yet financial markets are behaving as though a lasting settlement is only a matter of time. Oil remains well below recent highs, Treasury yields are […] The post Trump Says “Relax”, Markets Appear To Be Listening Despite Ongoing Iran Tensions appeared first on ActionForex.

BP will sell 5% in the $35-billion Browse LNG project in Australia, which Australian energy giant Woodside is looking to progress, the UK-based supermajor told Reuters on Monday. BP is selling the 5% stake, out of its total of its 44% interest, to South Korea's GS Energy. “The dilution reflects BP’s disciplined approach to portfolio management by bringing in a committed partner,” BP said in a statement emailed to Reuters. The Browse LNG project in Australia, proposed by Woodside Energy, entails...

The LNG distribution industry in India is calling on the government to support an LNG infrastructure buildout as costs for trucking would be lower than the spiking diesel prices.    Currently, India has government support for ethanol infrastructure, but not for LNG, which is now 42% cheaper than diesel for the freight industry, industry executives told Indian outlet BusinessLine. “Historically, LNG adoption has been constrained more by infrastructure availability than economics,” Deepak...

Oil prices pushed higher Monday, with Brent crude topping $94 per barrel and WTI climbing above $90, after President Donald Trump sent a proposed Iran peace agreement back for revisions, raising fresh questions about how quickly the Strait of Hormuz can be fully reopened to global energy shipments. Brent crude was trading at $94.23 per barrel while WTI stood at $90.87 at 6:06 a.m. ET on Monday, trading as investors digested news reports. According to multiple reports, Trump requested stronger...

The Iran war suddenly turned what had started as a year of oversupply in global oil and LNG markets into the worst oil and gas supply disruption in history. Three months after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28, the world has already lost 1 billion barrels of crude oil supply, oil and gas prices have found a new, much higher floor, and whipsaw with violent volatility nearly every day, trade routes have shifted, and tanker rates have spiked. Actual supply shortages are...

Nuclear fuel is becoming a geopolitical battleground as the world increasingly turns to nuclear energy to contend with skyrocketing energy demand projections. The combination of an oil-based energy crisis emanating out of the Strait of Hormuz, the enormous and ballooning energy needs of artificial intelligence, and the urgent imperative of decarbonization is garnering a renewed interest in nuclear energy as a carbon-free, efficient, and round-the-clock power source. Moreover, nuclear energy can...

Over the last two decades, solar panels have fallen in price while efficiency has increased. Greater uptake and high levels of investment in research and development have led to vast improvements in solar power technology. As panel prices fall and governments worldwide look to diversify their energy mix and cut emissions, several developers are now launching mega-projects to meet the growing demand. Most major solar projects developed in recent years provide hundreds of megawatts of clean...

China has been cited as an example of a country that has managed to insulate itself relatively well against oil crises. With over a billion barrels in estimated inventories before the war in the Middle East started, China was the poster child of forward planning in energy security. But this could change, and if it does, it would make an already severe crisis even worse. Kpler sounded the alarm about that prospect earlier this month, reporting that Chinese refiners have reduced their purchases...