Staff writers Updated October 21, 2026 — 2:17pm, first published October 21, 2026 — 5:17am The Australian sharemarket dipped back into the red in afternoon trade, weighed down by hawkish Reserve Bank comments, which boosted bets on more interest rate hikes, and a share plunge by AI data centre operator NextDC. The S&P/ASX 200 was
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U.S. futures are mostly lower as artificial-intelligence stocks come under pressure again and oil prices rose amid sporadic fighting in the Middle East. Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.1% on Tuesday, while those for the Nasdaq declined 0.5%. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2%. Shares of South Korea’s AI company Elice
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Talks between the United States and Iran to resolve the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz have raised hopes of relief for global fuel markets, even as two petroleum tankers destined for Kenya were hit by drone strikes in the strategic waterway. On Tuesday, October 20, it emerged that the talks between the two countries
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Oil prices advanced on Tuesday, with Brent hovering around a five-month high as traders priced in a geopolitical risk premium from Houthi attacks on Saudi infrastructure and reports of vessel attacks in the Gulf. Brent crude futures climbed 52 cents, or 0.47%, to $110.07 (R1 805.75) a barrel by 08:28am, after rising as high as
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By Irina Slav – Oct 19, 2026, 11:56 PM CDT Crude oil prices extended their climb today, with Brent topping $110 per barrel again earlier in the day, and WTI back at over $100, as traders turn increasingly pessimistic about the resumption of normal oil flows out of the Persian Gulf. At the time of
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