By&nbspDoloresz Katanich&nbspwith&nbspAP Published on 19/03/2026 – 15:50 GMT+1•Updated 16:44 Oil prices jumped again on Thursday as the war with Iran tightened its grip on the global economy, sending stock markets worldwide lower. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Brent crude, the international benchmark, briefly rose above $119 a barrel before easing back to $110.80, still a 3.2% increase from

👋 Good morning! Oil provided investors with yet another eventful day in the markets. Barrels of Brent (BZ=F) spent part of the day in the $110s, but stocks recovered most of their steep intraday losses, closing only moderately in the red on Thursday. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) and the Nasdaq (^IXIC) lost 0.3%, while the

CATL (3750.HK) rose by 4.66%. Morgan Stanley noted that its performance exceeded expectations, and its energy storage shipments may be boosted by AI-related demand. According to Zhitong Finance, the Hang Seng Index fell by 0.63%, or 161 points, to 25,338 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped by 1.71%. The morning trading volume of

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Global volatility is threatening a pipeline of multibillion-dollar stock market listings in India, the world’s busiest IPO market. Payments app PhonePe’s move on Monday to halt its listing plans has underscored a growing strain

Gold and silver prices have taken a sharp hit, with gold plunging to $4,691.70 per ounce (-4.18%) and silver sliding to $70.68 (-8.91%), marking their lowest levels in nearly a month. This sudden drop comes even as the US–Iran war intensifies and global markets face volatility—conditions that typically push precious metals higher. Instead, gold and

The price of a barrel of oil rose to $115. S&P 500 futures were flat after the index closed down 1.36% yesterday. The S&P is now down 3.23% year-to-date. All the major markets in Asia and Europe cratered this morning. The best performing was China’s CSI 300, down 1.61%. The worst was Japan’s Nikkei 225,

📌 Top story — scroll down for more updates Micron Revenue Smashes Expectations, but Wall Street Yawns 5:27 pm When companies beat revenue and earnings expectations as much as Micron Technologies (MU 3.71%) did in its most recent quarter, the market often heaps on praise for stellar results. Not this time, though. We’ll get into

JPMorgan lowered its 2026 year-end S&P 500 target to 7,200 from 7,500, warning that investors have become complacent in their expectation that oil-price spikes will be short-lived. The US stock market has been resilient amid surging oil prices since the Iran war began nearly three weeks ago. JPMorgan said this relative calm relies on one

You often see the cutting edge of financial innovation in the latest trends in the exchange-traded fund universe. Whenever someone sees a potential new angle on a successful investment, it likely that a new ETF will appear to give investors a taste. That’s what initially happened with the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (NYSEMKT:

It’s been over a year since memory and storage company Sandisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) spun off from Western Digital. And investors who have bought the stock, which focuses on flash memory storage, have enjoyed fantastic gains. If you were to invest just $1,000 into the stock a year ago, your investment would be worth more than

Is inflation about to rise? Amid geopolitical tensions, soaring oil prices, and persistent tariffs, many analysts and government officials are worried inflation will spike. This concerns investors, too. The relationship between inflation and equity markets is complex, but generally, stocks tend not to perform as well when prices rise, as this also leads to higher

Today’s Change (3.70%) $0.57 Current Price $16.11 Key Data Points Market Cap $19B Day’s Range $15.55 – $17.11 52wk Range $10.36 – $22.69 Volume 2.8M Avg Vol 31M Gross Margin -276.59% Rivian Automotive (RIVN +3.70%), which designs and manufactures electric pickup trucks and SUVs, closed Thursday at $16.12, up 3.80%. Shares rose after Uber Technologies

Today’s Change (-3.71%) $-17.14 Current Price $444.59 Key Data Points Market Cap $520B Day’s Range $421.23 – $457.20 52wk Range $61.54 – $471.34 Volume 2.9M Avg Vol 35M Gross Margin 45.53% Dividend Yield 0.10% Micron Technology (MU 3.71%), which manufactures DRAM, NAND flash, and SSDs for various applications, closed Thursday at $444.27, down 3.78%. Shares

Shares of online used-car retailer Carvana (NYSE: CVNA) have experienced a brutal start to 2026. After logging astronomical gains over the past three years as it pulled itself back from the brink of financial collapse, the growth stock is down about 35% year to date as of this writing. The steep drop comes as many

NEW YORK, March 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Egan-Jones released an analysis examining structural conflicts of interest within the corporate governance and proxy advisory industry and outlining potential reforms to strengthen investor protections. Egan-Jones Proxy Services (PRNewsfoto/Egan-Jones Ratings Co.) The report states that under current conditions, major corporations control significant portions of the proxy advisory infrastructure. In

Investors were frosty on Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) stock on Thursday after the company published its latest earnings release. Obviously unimpressed by the solar company’s performance, those market players were selling off its shares energetically. In mid-session trading, Canadian Solar was down by more than 29%. Canadian Solar, which reports its financial results in U.S.

Kratos Defense & Security (NASDAQ: KTOS) stock slid 5% through 11:35 a.m. ET Thursday, not on any news from Kratos, but perhaps in reaction to an earnings report from Red Cat Holdings (NASDAQ: RCAT) last night. Analysts forecast Red Cat to lose money in Q4, but not quite as much as it ultimately lost ($0.17

All investors want to find that “rocket ship” stock before it launches into the stratosphere. Yet the risks are real, and many early-stage companies end up as another falling star. So which space stock is a better buy-and-hold for the next decade? The end-to-end space company Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) or the Jetsons-like air taxi