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New Zealand’s manufacturing sector posted a powerful recovery in June, with the BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) jumping from 51.3 to 59.7, well above its long-run average of 52.5. The reading marked the strongest expansion since July 2021, highlighting a broad improvement in activity after the sector spent much of the past two years […] The post New Zealand Manufacturing PMI Surges to Strongest Since 2021 as Orders Soar appeared first on ActionForex.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trims part of its earlier gains on Wednesday but remains supported as supply risks resurface amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Russia has officially banned all diesel exports in a bid to secure its domestic fuel market following highly destructive Ukrainian drone strikes on its energy infrastructure. According to Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, the embargo covers all diesel exports, closing a loophole that allowed self-producing oil firms to sell fuel abroad. The ban is scheduled to remain in place through the end of July. On Tuesday, a long-range Ukrainian strike successfully crippled Gazprom Neft’s Omsk oil...

Oil prices surged over 7% to a two-week high on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the interim ceasefire agreement with Iran is officially over and dismissed the recently signed memorandum of understanding as a "waste of time." Brent crude for September delivery spiked 7.6% to trade at $79.76 per barrel at 10:40 am ET, while WTI crude for August delivery gained 7.2% to change hands at $75.4/bbl. Iran attacked three commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz on...

The world’s fleet of nuclear power capacity is expected to surge by 44% over the next decade as China will topple the United States as the biggest nuclear power capacity holder and India will hike its capacity to boost energy security. These are the estimates in a new report by BloombergNEF, which sees total global nuclear capacity at 535 gigawatts (GW) by 2036, up from the 372 GW of installed capacity as of the end of 2025. China is set to nearly double its current nuclear capacity to 102 GW...

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a surprise increase of 3.0 million barrels during the week ending July 3, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 411.4 million barrels, according to government data, which are now 6% below the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which reported that crude oil...

Commodity trading major Vitol is planning to establish a presence in Venezuela amid a surge in interest in the country’s oil wealth from the resources industry, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources. Vitol is already exporting Venezuelan crude, following the deal that Caracas struck with the United States after the latter ousted the country’s president, Nicolas Maduro, in January and took him to the U.S. to stand trial for drug trafficking. Soon after that happened, Vitol and Trafigura...

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) US Oil trades around $73.10 on Wednesday at the time of writing, up 1.48% on the day, as investors reassess risks to global energy supply following a renewed deterioration in geopolitical conditions across the Middle East.

Iran was struggling to sell its crude to buyers in Asia outside China even before the U.S. rescinded overnight the sanctions waiver that allowed Tehran to sell its oil without penalties. The Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday prompted immediate U.S. reaction with the U.S military striking multiple targets in Iran and the Treasury canceling the waiver on Iran’s oil sales that was supposed to be in place until August 21. Iran’s oil sales could be...

Thin tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued early on Wednesday despite the fresh flare-up in the Middle East, but more vessels appear to be reconsidering moving toward the chokepoint after the U.S. and Iran traded new attacks overnight. At the time of writing, oil prices had spiked 6% on fears of a significant disruption, with Brent futures trading at $78.58 and WTI futures climbing to $74.76. Six tankers were observed to be either completing or starting to move toward the Strait...