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Get a jump start on the US trading day with Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest." Bonds stabilize after a brutal week, oil retreats as the U.S. and Iran explore a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and Anthropic signs another massive data center deal. Plus, Winners Alliance CEO Ahmad Nassar on unlocking tennis’ commercial potential, and State Street’s Anna Paglia on the retail ETF boom. (Source: Bloomberg)
US and Iranian negotiators are exploring a phased deal that would see Tehran reopen the Strait of Hormuz and Washington lift its blockade of Iranian ports, similar to the memorandum of understanding struck in mid-June. Charles Gorrivan reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Equity futures climbed in New York as oil and Treasury yields pulled back from the recent surges ahead of key data on inflation expectations.
Max Kettner, chief multi-asset strategist at HSBC, says it is tough to call an end to rising bond yields as he sees them “incredibly correlated with oil.” Kettner asks if there is really any point in buying duration as he looks to tech and equities due to strong earnings. He speaks on “Bloomberg Brief.” (Source: Bloomberg)
The USO fund tracking WTI crude settled up 2.86% at US$153.09 as Houthi attacks and soaring Red Sea war-risk premiums rattled supply, while LatAm equities diver The post Oil Wrap: USO up 2.86% on Red Sea Supply Fears appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pan-African · MARKETS Key Facts —The context The U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran in February 2026, disrupting oil shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. —What happened Front-month November Brent futures settled at US$106.60 on Thursday, Sept. 24, up 3.4% on the day. —The warning Yahya Rahim Safavi, an adviser to Iran’s supreme […] The post Brent Crude Tops US$106 as Iran Warns War Could Spread to Indian Ocean appeared first on The Rio Times.
Oil climbed higher Thursday, with Brent futures jumping more than 3%, after a top Iranian military official said Tehran may broaden the war to the Indian Ocean if attacked. Charles Gorrivan reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the UK grow over offshore oil drilling.
Stocks joined bonds lower as higher oil prices stoked worries about inflationary pressures, which were further bolstered by data showing jump in US business activity at the fastest pace since 2021. Gargi Chaudhuri, Global Chief Investment Strategist at BlackRock, discusses the markets and how investors can be more selective amid a higher rate cycle. (Source: Bloomberg)
New Zealand’s central bank warned that near-term inflation could exceed its latest estimates, adding to signs it could raise interest rates again as soon as October.
Oil slips below $100 as rate fears ease, lifting global equities. Brazil watches the Copom minutes and a firm dollar. Your Monday global briefing. The post Global Economy Briefing — September 21, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
WTI eased on September 18, 2026 as Europe faced a Saudi crude cutoff and Macron pushed for emergency stock releases. Petrobras, YPF and Guyana held firm. The post Oil Eases, Hormuz Crisis Keeps Crude Above US$100 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 A crude tanker passing storage tanks at an oil terminal. Saudi Arabia offered extra cargoes to Asian refiners through ship-to-ship transfers off Oman’s Sohar port, and Brent settled… The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 18, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Oman’s Sohar port is becoming a popular spot for ship-to-ship oil transfers amid continued Hormuz blockade.
More than six months after the start of the Iran war, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s oil analysts are stating what many traders have been saying privately for some time: the path to the end of the war is increasingly impossible to predict.
Saudi Arabia is ramping up prompt spot sales of crude from outside the Strait of Hormuz following the shutdown of the kingdom’s East-West pipeline, which halted cross-country flows to its Red Sea coast.
Oil supplies from the Red Sea region have not been affected so far, says the Ministry of External Affairs; Oman is helping with search operations for missing Indian seafarer after attack on oil tanker, says government
Crude shipments jumped the most since May as strikes on Saudi infrastructure drove up oil prices
Oil rose for a second day with a critical Saudi Arabian pipeline still offline. The East-West conduit — a workaround for Strait of Hormuz flows — was shut last week after attacks, with Saudi Aramco yet to say when it may restart. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine was ready to de-escalate the war with Russia if its rival did the same, after US President Donald Trump announced that the foes had agreed to end strikes on energy targets. With international oil prices climbing again, Trump had at the weekend berated Ukraine’s attacks on Russian refineries, blaming them for causing a shortage in diesel fuel. In one of his surprise social media posts, the US leader announced on Monday that “Ukraine has...
US equity futures fell and oil advanced as investors weighed renewed concerns over the pace of AI development against hotter-than-expected US inflation that bolstered bets the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates on Wednesday.
The US-Venezuela oil deal covers 17 fields under hundred-year concessions, through a company 35% owned by the Pentagon. No contract text has been published. The post A Hundred-Year Concession Over 17 Venezuelan Oil Fields appeared first on The Rio Times.
Venezuela produces about 1.2 million barrels a day in total and the US imported 630,000 a day in June 2026. Claims of millions a day overstate it fourfold. The post Venezuela Does Not Produce Millions of Barrels a Day for the US appeared first on The Rio Times.
Venezuela's acting president Delcy Rodríguez made a state visit to Paramaribo on September 10–11 for talks on oil, agriculture and fisheries — and President Simons put a court attachment on PDVSA assets directly on the table. The post Delcy Rodríguez in Suriname: Oil, Agriculture and a PDVSA Seizure on the Table appeared first on The Rio Times.
Blackouts hit Caracas and at least ten states twice this week as El Estímulo asks whether a grid running 2,000 megawatts short can carry the US-Venezuela oil deal's promised production surge. The post Venezuela Power Crisis Casts Shadow Over Washington’s Oil Deal Timetable appeared first on The Rio Times.
Brent oil traded near $107 barrel as fighting between Yemen-based Houthi militants and Saudi-backed forces intensified. The global benchmark surged more than 6% in the previous session and is on track for its biggest weekly gain since July. Bloomberg's Ben Sharples reports. (Source: Bloomberg)