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The US re-imposed its blockade of Iran's shipping and ports on July 13 as a deal to halt the war between them broke down in an attempt to cut off oil sales, Tehran's primary source of hard currency.
12 hours agoThe lack of progress on reopening the Strait of Hormuz added to unease on trading floors, with oil prices gradually rising over the past two weeks as the United States and Iran remain deadlocked. ...
19 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto announced that Indonesia will launch the Strategic Minerals and Commodities Exchange (BMKS), set to begin operations on Jan. 1 next year. ...
2 days agoAnalysts highlighted easing uncertainty following the assessment by global index provider MSCI, along with positive sentiment surrounding President Prabowo Subianto’s annual speech, as the main drivers of the stock rally.
3 days agoBond yields climbed on Tuesday to their highest in decades, with oil prices rising for a third day, while stocks gave up early gains in Asian trade as a US-Iran truce expired and Tehran threatened to adopt a "fully offensive" military posture.
3 days agoIran called on the United States to accept defeat while President Donald Trump blasted Tehran as "very evil" and told Americans to brace for continued high fuel prices as a result of the war.
6 days agoAsian stocks rose on Friday, poised for their strongest week in two months as benign inflation data dented expectations of an imminent US rate hike, although faltering talks to end the war in the Middle East are likely to keep risk sentiment in check.
1 week agoMSCI’s move to remove and downgrade Indonesian stocks from its indexes may trigger outflows of Rp 500 billion to Rp 1 trillion, mainly affecting stocks directly impacted by the rebalancing.
1 week agoThe dollar nudged a little higher in Asian trade on Wednesday, receiving limited additional strength after renewed attacks on shipping in critical waterways in the Middle East, as currency markets anxiously awaited the release of inflation data later in the global day.
1 week agoThere have been no new initial public offerings (IPOs) by state-owned firms on the Indonesia Stock Exchange over the past three years.
1 week agoThe US dollar hovered near a two-month low against major currencies on Monday as investors awaited this week's inflation data for clues on the Federal Reserve's rate path.
1 week agoThe dollar drifted higher against the yen and euro on Friday, building on the previous day's gains as doubts about an Iran peace deal buffed the US currency's appeal as a haven.
2 weeks agoAsian stock markets jumped on Wednesday as strong earnings and a resurgence of demand for tech lifted Wall Street to record peaks, while hopes for progress on opening the Strait of Hormuz dragged on oil prices and bond yields.
2 weeks agoSouth Korea's Kospi swung between gains and losses, with chip giants SK hynix and Samsung, which have been the poster boys of a month-long AI-themed rout, center of attention again.
2 weeks agoThe yen leapt on Monday, keeping traders on alert for further intervention from authorities to shore up Japan's historically weak currency, days after Tokyo and Washington jointly intervened in the foreign exchange market.
2 weeks agoAsian markets rallied hard with Wall Street on Friday as South Korea's battered market made a record comeback, stirring hopes that the recent selloff in AI-linked assets may be near an end.
3 weeks agoBrent futures slipped below US$90 per barrel, after jumping over 7 percent a day earlier as fighting in the Middle East escalated, although data showed tankers continued to make their way out of the region despite the continued strikes.
3 weeks agoOil prices jumped after fresh attacks in the Middle East shattered the relative calm of recent days in the US-Iran war as investors fret about the impact of depleting supplies on prices and global rates.
3 weeks agoSK hynix and Samsung lost around 13 percent, dragging the Kospi index down 10.2 percent, having earlier been paused for a 20-minute circuit-breaker.
3 weeks agoConcerns about the sustainability of the AI boom and questions over the eye-watering sums pumped into the sector continue to dog traders, as tech firms bear the brunt of selling.
3 weeks agoRed Sea attacks, slow Hormuz transit and crude oil loading suspension tighten supply, push up prices.
4 weeks agoGoldman Sachs said Brent might exceed $120 a barrel in the fourth quarter and average $100 next year if the strait remains disrupted through 2027.
4 weeks agoBrent crude futures rose 2 percent to US$96 per barrel in early trading after the US launched a new round of strikes on Iran and Yemen's Houthis targeted oil tankers in the Red Sea.
4 weeks agoEnthusiasm for tech shares boosted Asian stocks for a second day Wednesday, as more mayhem in the Middle East lifted Brent crude back above US$92 a barrel and the yen came under renewed pressure.
4 weeks agoAs government bond yields crept up to multi-decade highs since June, the administration was forced to tweak the blueprint's language on monetary policy several times.
1 month agoThe reprieve ​comes at a fragile moment for Southeast Asia's biggest economy as the still-looming threat of a downgrade from index provider MSCI has made Jakarta stocks, Asia's worst-performing major stock market this year, down 28 percent.
1 month agoBrent crude hit on Monday its highest price since June due to renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, while Asian equities were mixed as investors weighed the fallout of a prolonged Middle East war.
1 month agoMost Asian stocks sank on Thursday as tech firms came under renewed pressure from worries over the AI boom, with Seoul again taking the brunt of the selling, while oil prices rose further as the US and Iran continued to trade strikes.
1 month agoIn the first and second weeks of July, average daily transactions reached only Rp 10 trillion to Rp 11 trillion, down sharply from more than Rp 22 trillion in June 2026.
1 month agoStocks fell and oil hit a one-month high in Asian trading on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said the US was reinstating its blockade of Iranian shipping in the Gulf and would collect a 20 percent fee on cargo traversing the Strait of Hormuz.
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