Conflict, sanctions, tariffs and the political risk premium embedded in prices.
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Investors positioned for the meeting between the two leaders after months of tariff conflict gave way to a trade truce.
Asian equities climbed with technology shares leading gains as traders awaited the Trump-Xi summit, while the dollar ticked higher and Asia FX stayed muted.
Crude fell even as Houthi rebels claimed strikes near the Saudi capital, with traders instead focused on diplomatic signals from Washington and Beijing.
Oil extended its decline in the September 20 session on hopes for U.S.-Iran diplomacy, even as flames and smoke were reported near Riyadh's airport following claimed Houthi attacks.
Iran's central military command flagged renewed concern about US strikes, adding a fresh geopolitical risk factor for oil and defense markets.
Iran's central military command said it believes the United States is preparing to resume military attacks, a statement that raises geopolitical risk heading into the new trading week.
A refinery hit deep inside Russia adds a new supply risk just as diesel prices in the US were already flagged as an inflation threat.
Diesel prices have hit record levels and are already pressuring the economy, and a new Ukrainian strike on a major Moscow-area refinery raises the risk that global diesel supply gets tighter still.
The claimed strikes add a fresh geopolitical risk premium to Gulf equity markets already sensitive to regional security threats.
Stock markets in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf region fell after Yemen's Houthi movement claimed responsibility for attacks on Riyadh.
The new round of talks adds artificial intelligence to a negotiating agenda that had been dominated by tariffs and rare-earth exports.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China's He are set to launch a new round of talks covering AI, trade and critical minerals.
JPMorgan says it has no clear endgame for the market as Saudi Arabia reroutes exports through the Strait of Hormuz after its East-West pipeline shut down.
JPMorgan has abandoned its baseline view on oil markets as the Iran conflict continues, while Saudi Arabia pushes more crude through the Strait of Hormuz because its East-West pipeline is offline.
The federal energy agency's revised outlook points to tighter global supply as the conflict continues to draw down inventories.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its oil price forecasts, saying the Iran war has been draining global crude stockpiles.
Chip names showed the split most clearly, with Micron's bulls pushing back against a prior-session selloff even as Broadcom's AI-driven valuation drew fresh skepticism.
U.S. stocks are being driven by two competing forces at once, according to market commentary: continued optimism over AI spending, and unease tied to Iran-related geopolitical risk.
Brent crude is closing in on the psychological $100 mark after Iran hit a U.S. base in Jordan and attacked tankers, reviving supply-disruption fears.
Brent crude has climbed toward $100 a barrel after Iran targeted a U.S. base in Jordan and attacked ships following earlier tanker strikes.
Crude extended its rally through the September 8 session, with traders citing rising risk of supply disruption from the Middle East.
Brent crude pushed toward $100 a barrel as escalating U.S.-Iran tensions raised fears of a disruption to Middle East oil supply.
The move follows Ottawa's US$20 billion retaliatory tariffs and marks a sharp escalation in the US-Canada trade dispute.
The Trump administration will ban imports of Canadian dairy, alcohol and motor vehicles from September 29, one day after Canada imposed US$20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on US goods.
Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed after Iran threatened retaliation for US attacks, yet supply disruptions have not been enough to push crude past the $100 mark.
Oil extended its climb as Iran threatened retaliation against Gulf energy infrastructure and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz slowed, though prices remain below $100 a barrel.
Imports jumped 28.2% year-on-year, a faster pace than exports, as the trade data landed just weeks before a planned meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
China's exports rose 25% year-on-year in August and imports climbed 28.2%, widening the trade surplus and giving Beijing a stronger hand heading into trade talks with Washington.
Dollar weakness ahead of a US inflation report collided with rising crude prices to pressure Dow futures.
The yen extended its rally to a seven-month high against the dollar while oil rose on fears of a prolonged Middle East conflict, pulling Dow futures lower.
The president says Canada's Bombardier cannot sell planes in the US unless it builds them there, hours before Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs take effect.
President Trump called for a US boycott of Bombardier and said the Canadian planemaker cannot sell aircraft in the US unless it manufactures them domestically.
Sources say the producer group will leave production policy unchanged at Sunday's meeting even as Gulf shipping risk rises.
OPEC+, the group of oil-producing nations including Russia, is expected to keep its output policy unchanged on Sunday despite escalating tanker attacks near the Strait of Hormuz.
Escalating attacks on tankers in the Gulf have pushed the US Navy into a covert de-mining campaign to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
US Navy divers and robots have been running night-time missions to clear explosives from the Strait of Hormuz as the tanker war between the US and Iran intensifies.
The riskiest US corporate borrowers are paying the steepest premium over safe debt since last year's tariff-driven market meltdown.
Spreads on the lowest-rated US junk debt have climbed to their highest level since the sell-off that followed last year's tariff announcement, according to the Financial Times.
Chinese refiners are now paying record premiums for Russian ESPO crude as the market braces for wider Middle East disruption.
Crude is set for its sharpest weekly gain since mid-July after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called toppling Iran's government a 'central mission... within reach,' with the Trump White House reportedly weighing how to use the moment.