Asian stocks climb as Middle East mediation eases Brent to $88.88 a barrel
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Middle East mediation signals, including Iran's reported 10-day ceasefire proposal, eased Brent from recent highs, supporting Asian equities and slightly firmer U.S. futures. However, Houthi threats of a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia keep energy-supply risk elevated and preserve an inflation tail-risk that has already nudged U.S. yields higher. Markets also face an earnings catalyst via Alphabet and Intel, testing elevated AI hardware expectations.
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● Medium
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Asian equities rose as mediation efforts in the Middle East pushed oil prices off recent highs, with Iran saying it had received a 10-day ceasefire proposal. Brent crude futures slipped 0.38% to $88.88 a barrel after earlier touching $91.42, while Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis threatened a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia. Japan’s Nikkei rose more than 1% and South Korea’s KOSPI gained nearly 3% as investors looked ahead to earnings from Alphabet and Intel to gauge how the conflict may affect AI-related hardware profits.
