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Latest news on Iran's economy, currency, gold and capital markets.
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Iran Car Market Slips 1.5% in August With Price Gains Forecast Ahead
Iran's car market fell an average 1.5% in August despite political and currency pressures. Price increases are forecast as new U.S. economic actions and a weakening rial take hold.
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Tehran Stock Exchange Scales New Heights
Tehran main index breached the 6.1 million-point mark before sellers stepped in, trimming intraday gains.
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Oil and Gold Rally as Geopolitical Tensions Escalate
Oil and gold prices rose simultaneously amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and East Asia. Both crude benchmarks hit multi-week closing highs.
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Wall St Edges Higher After In-Line CPI; Oil Nears $90 on Hormuz Tensions
U.S. stocks rose Wednesday as July CPI matched all forecasts, pushing September rate-hold odds to 62%. Brent crude hovered near $90 as Hormuz negotiations stalled.
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Hidden Bottlenecks Threaten Global Critical Minerals Supply
A new study warns the next critical minerals supply shock will emerge from processing and logistics bottlenecks rather than mine output declines.
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Gold, Dollar and Coin Outlook: Dollar Retreats as Market Watches Hormuz Talks
Iran's FX markets open Thursday with the dollar retreating toward 187,000 tomans as global gold surges to $4,250. Traders await Strait of Hormuz negotiations as the key price catalyst.
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After-Hours Movers: SpaceX, AMD, Arista Networks and Wynn Resorts Post Earnings
SpaceX fell 7% and AMD dropped 8% on mixed Q2 earnings, while Arista Networks surged 11%. Wynn Resorts gained 7% and Booking Holdings rose 5% on record gross bookings.
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Housing Mortgage Bond Prices Down 13% But Far Above Record Low
Housing mortgage bond prices have fallen 13% year-on-year but stand 2.2 times above their all-time low from 2019. Social media claims of a market collapse do not match the data.
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Trump Warns Netanyahu of Economic Fallout from Middle East War
Trump privately warned Netanyahu that the Middle East conflict could have severe consequences for global financial systems, according to Axios.
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Crude Oil Forecast: Transport Disruptions Displace Supply as Key Risk
MUFG warns oil transport disruptions through the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz are now the dominant price driver, with WTI surging 23% in July to a $92 peak before Friday's pullback.
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US Dollar Steady, Oil Elevated as Markets Shrug Off US-Iran Escalation
Markets recovered from Wednesday losses as investors looked past fresh US-Iran military exchanges; only oil held elevated near $74/bbl. Dollar was steady while NATO tensions and Trump's Greenland push added geopolitical risk.
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Citi Lifts TSMC Price Target, Expects Higher 2026 Growth Outlook on AI Demand
Citi raised its TSMC price target to NT$3,800 and reiterated Buy, expecting the chipmaker to lift its 2026 revenue growth guidance at its July 16 analyst day. AI chip demand broadening beyond GPUs underpins the upgrade.
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FTSE 100 Falls as Iran Talks Resume and UK Manufacturing Cools
FTSE 100 fell 0.2% as U.S.-Iran nuclear talks resumed in Doha and UK manufacturing PMI missed at 52.5. Brent crude dropped 1.4% to $71.92; gold rebounded to $4,040.
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SpaceX and Charter in Talks Over U.S. Consumer Mobile Service
SpaceX and Charter Communications have held executive-level talks on a potential U.S. consumer mobile partnership, threatening established carriers.
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Orron Energy Shares Surge 6% on Nordic Renewables Merger Deal
Orron Energy shares jumped nearly 6% after agreeing to merge its Nordic renewables unit with Cloudberry Clean Energy, gaining a 27% stake and eliminating net debt.
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Sinda Prices IPO at $12 per Share as NYSE Trading Begins
Sinda Ltd. priced its IPO at $12 per share on the NYSE under ticker SIND, valuing the silver explorer at $1.82 billion.
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Oil Eases as Iran-US Deal Hopes Grow; Gold Retreats by Week's End
Oil fell as the Iran-US deal memo eased supply fears; gold gave back most of its weekly gains under dollar pressure.
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Alimentation Couche-Tard Leads Friday Earnings Reports
Alimentation Couche-Tard headlines Friday earnings with estimated EPS of $0.5303 and revenue of $18.19B after market close.
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Israel Stocks Fall at Close; TA 35 Drops 0.91% to One-Month Low
Israel's TA 35 fell 0.91% Friday to a one-month low, led lower by banking and insurance stocks. Gold slid 1.84% while Brent crude edged up to $80.03.
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European Stocks Edge Lower as US-Iran Peace Talks Break Down
European stocks closed 0.2% lower Friday after US-Iran peace talks in Switzerland collapsed. Energy shares gained 1.3% while mining stocks slumped 2.1% on weak metals prices.