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Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait crumbled on Wednesday from the previous day amid a Houthi claim they have hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea and hopes that Oman and Iran could reach a deal on jointly managing Hormuz. On Wednesday, only two vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz, down from 8 on Tuesday, according to ship-tracking data reviewed by Reuters. At Bab el-Mandeb, the chokepoint on the Red Sea into the Arabian Sea, only one commodity vessel, a...

Why gains across equities, yields, Gold, FX and oil all stalled at once as the promised Hormuz breakthrough failed to arrive What’s happening: After several sessions of strong gains in equities, falling Treasury yields, a weaker Dollar and surging precious metals, driven by optimism that the Strait of Hormuz would soon reopen, that momentum stalled […] The post Markets Pause as Hormuz Optimism Awaits Proof appeared first on ActionForex.

US initial jobless claims remained near historically low levels in the latest week, reinforcing the view that layoffs continue to be limited despite signs of slower hiring elsewhere in the labor market. Initial claims rose by just 1,000 to 199,000 in the week ended August 1, slightly below market expectations of 203,000. The previous week’s […] The post US Initial Jobless Claims Edge Up to 119k, but Layoffs Remain Limited appeared first on ActionForex.

India’s state-run refiners continue their buying spree of crude from West Africa as the Middle East crisis has sapped supply and made deliveries uncertain. In one of the latest purchases via a tender, India’s state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has acquired 2 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil from Shell, trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. HPCL has bought 1 million barrels each of Nigerian crude grades Forcados and Bonga for its Visakh refinery in the...

NTT will assess if optical networking can aid long-distance mine ops as Codelco faces seismic challenges.

Nigeria expects to attract investments worth between $30 billion and $50 billion from 22 offshore oil and gas projects over the nest five years, the country’s Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission has said. “Beyond increasing production, these investments will create jobs, expand infrastructure, strengthen energy security and reinforce Nigeria’s position as a leading global upstream investment destination,” the regulator’s chief executive Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan said, as quoted by The Sun....

Europe faces spiking natural gas prices this winter amid the lowest gas storage levels in more than a decade and tightening LNG markets amid the Middle East crisis. EU storage sites were only 57% full as of August 5, data from Gas Infrastructure Europe shows. That’s the lowest level for this time of year since 2011 and well below the nearly 70% full storage at this time last year. The low levels at the end of the 2025/2026 winter haven’t moved up quickly this summer as they did in previous...

(RTTNews) - Gold prices traded higher for a fourth straight session to hit a seven-week high on Thursday, driven by softer U.S. labor market data released overnight, a weaker dollar and lower Treasury yields.

(RTTNews) - Oil prices held steady on Thursday as investors awaited further clarity on the progress of U.S.-Iran talks to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a critical waterway for energy supplies.

The United Arab Emirates has managed to boost its oil exports to pre-crisis levels as early as June, as it has kept pushing crude through the Strait of Hormuz and outside it.   The UAE, which left OPEC on May 1, has found workarounds to the blockage at the Strait of Hormuz. It has been shuttling crude through the chokepoint to load it on larger vessels outside the Strait, maximizing the use of its onshore pipeline to ship crude from the west to the east of the country, bypassing Hormuz, and...