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Oil prices extend gains as Trump sharpens rhetoric on Iran

By Anmol Choubey BENGALURU, April 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump heightened his rhetoric against Iran, threatening stronger action if the country fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil transit chokepoint. Brent crude futures... Read More.

Dollar kept aloft as another Trump deadline looms

SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - The dollar stood just shy of recent highs on Tuesday as traders counted down to a U.S.-imposed deadline for Iran to open the Persian Gulf to shipping or face attacks on its infrastructure. War in the Middle East and the... Read More.

Seeking signals from the noise

By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida, April 6 (Reuters) - Wall Street and the Asian stock markets that were open ticked higher on Easter Monday, as investors shrugged off another rise in oil prices and more belligerent rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump on Iran, and... Read More.