Tankers sail in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. Stringer | Reuters French Finance Minister Roland Lescure told CNBC that France is willing to support the U.S. in…
The ECB has announced it will be hiking rates in July and September to counter record inflation. Daniel Roland | Afp | Getty Images U.S. political strategist James Carville famously said he would like to be reincarnated as the bond market because “you can intimidate everyone.” So when bond yields start signaling a problem, the…
An oil pumpjack operates in the Inglewood Oil Field on March 10, 2026 near Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open lower on Thursday as investors monitor the Iran war and global oil prices. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.2% lower, Germany’s DAX down…
Vadimrysev | Istock | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to start the new trading week heavily lower as traders track developments in the Middle East and a surge in oil prices. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.9% lower while Germany’s DAX is seen down 2.67%, France’s CAC 40 down 2.3%…
The flags of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union ahead of the Group of Seven (G-7) Leaders’ Summit in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The war in Iran will present the G7 countries with one of the…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting on the administration’s “ratepayer protection pledge” in the Indian Treaty Room at the White House on March 4, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks were in the red again on Thursday as market participants followed geopolitical developments in the…
France’s President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) submarine “Le Temeraire” – S617 during his visit to the Nuclear Submarine Navy Base of Ile Longue in Crozon, north-western France on March 2, 2026. (Photo by Yoan VALAT / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Yoan Valat | Afp |…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on March 2, 2026. NYSE LONDON — European stocks opened higher on Wednesday as markets continue to track the war in the Middle East. The regional Stoxx 600 was up 0.6% shortly after the opening bell. London’s FTSE 100 was up 0.1%, while Germany’s DAX and France’s…
Plumes of smoke rise following reported explosions in Tehran on March 1, 2026, after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed a day earlier in a large U.S. and Israeli attack, prompting a new wave of retaliatory missile strikes from Iran. Mowj | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to…
This photograph shows European countries’ flags waving in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, eastern France, on June 6, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images) Sebastien Bozon | Afp | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open flat to higher on Tuesday…
