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By Nimesh Vora and Jaspreet Kalra MUMBAI, March 17 (Reuters) – Indian rupee options trading has surged since the Iran war began, reflecting heightened speculative and hedging activity, with flows …

Listen to Australian and world news and follow trending topics with SBS News Podcasts. TRANSCRIPT The Reserve Bank of Australia has hiked interest rates for the second consecutive month as war in the Middle East compounds inflation concerns. The split five-four decision on Tuesday was the tightest since the central bank started publishing vote tallies,…

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Gold and silver ETFs surged nearly 6% on Tuesday as bullion prices opened sharply higher on the MCX. A flight to safe-haven assets intensified amid escalating Middle East tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran, with crude oil prices holding above $100 per barrel and adding to global market uncertainty. Among 18 silver ETFs,…

The RBA is not the only central bank meeting this week, but it could find itself being the only one hiking its cash rate. The Federal Reserve in the US, the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Bank of Japan just so happen to all be meeting in the same week for the first…

The Reserve Bank has increased interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. The new cash rate is 4.1 per cent, up from 3.85 per cent. The RBA has now lifted rates twice in two months (once in February, and again in March). Today’s rate hike was highly anticipated. Early last week, RBA deputy governor Andrew Hauser…

Past energy shocks have plunged the country into economic turmoil. OPEC’s oil embargo in 1973 and the start of the Iran-Iraq War in 1980 triggered recessions. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 did not. Will this new price shock spiral into an economic crisis? The answer depends on two unknowns: how long the fighting lasts…

NEW YORK — Oil prices are down, and stocks are up Monday, though such moves have been quick to change since the war in Iran began. The S&P 500 rose 1% in early trading, coming off its third straight losing week, its longest such streak in a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up…

Since January 2025, the S&P 500 has gained more than 14%, and for most of the past decade, betting against America has been a losing trade. But a major Wall Street institution is now saying that era may be coming to an end. Andrew Garthwaite, head of global equity strategy at UBS, downgraded American equities…

Oracle’s (ORCL) current run seems more substantial than a normal “post-earnings pop.” The company, which announced fiscal third-quarter results on March 10, demonstrated its ability to grow much faster than investors have become accustomed to while maintaining profitability at the same time. This is a big deal for a company that, until now, was more…