Tensions in the Middle East have caused oil prices to rise to a five-month high around the world, says Business reporter Edward Boyd. “Israel firing a missile at the Iranian embassy in Syria has ...

But oil prices remained close to five-month peaks as the prospect of an immediate ceasefire remains fleeting, given that the ...

Brent crude oil prices touched a fresh over five-month high on Tuesday morning, at $88.3 per barrel. This was a weekly rise of 3.3% and a monthly gain of 7.7%. Crude oil prices also advanced 1% ...

Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude, the US benchmark, also rose 1.8% to reach a five-month high of $85 a barrel. Brent and WTI prices have risen 15% and almost 19% since the start of the ...

USD/CAD retreats from a five-month high of 1.3846 reached on Tuesday. The decline in crude Oil prices might have contributed ... confidence that inflation will reach the 2% target will take ...

Overall, analysts expect volatility to continue over quarterly results despite the ongoing uptrend in markets. Nifty 50's ...

Commodity analysts at Standard Chartered have predicted that oil fundamentals remain strong and oil prices are set to trade in the lower $90s. StanChart has pointed out that fundamentals in oil ...

The latest move higher in the dollar came with after hotter-than-expected first-quarter U.S. employment cost growth on ...

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