Commodities


Exxon, Chevron Stock Drop After Iran Fires Missiles at US Base. Here’s Why.

Shares in major oil companies rose, but they weren’t matching the sort of eye-popping gains investors might have expected after the U.S. bombed three key nuclear sites in Iran.

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It’s Not Just Oil: Shipping, Natural Gas at Center of Iran-Israel War

Shipping, natural gas, and insurance markets are set for disruption by the war. Changes in those markets could impact dozens of companies.

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Trump Says Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Are ‘Completely Obliterated.’ Attacks Plunge U.S. Back Into Middle East War.

The U.S. strikes Iranian nuclear facilities, the president says.

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Oil Prices Are Jumping. What History Says Happens When Conflicts Threaten Supply.

For the past 40 years, the biggest increases in oil prices have all been driven by demand, not supply.

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Gold Is on an Incredible Run. What Could Stop It Dead.

Gold is trouncing most other assets. Three experts on why that could change very soon.

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Middle East Latest: Iran Signals It Wants to Talk With U.S. and Israel, Says Report

The Wall Street Journal says Iran is looking to return to the negotiating table.

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Oil’s Move Lower Could Just Be a Head Fake. Here’s Why.

Oil prices are easing. That’s not likely to last.

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Israel-Iran War Adds to Inflation Risk. The Fed Is Watching.

Uncertainty over tariffs had already led the central bank to adopt a wait-and-see approach to interest-rate decisions.

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Oil Prices Soar as Israel Strikes Iran. Exxon and Chevron Stocks Jump.

Crude benchmarks are on course for their biggest one-day rise since March 2022.

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Gold Attempts to Break Past Its April Record

This is the second time that the yellow metal has made a run at its record high.

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Oil Prices Retreat. Investors Weigh Up China Deal and Middle East Tensions.

Various factors, including the start of summer driving season, have likely driven a recent crude spike.

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Trade Talks Are ‘Going Really, Really Well.’ They May Not End Tonight.

Officials from the U.S. and China are meeting in London this week to iron out details of a deal that would lower Donald Trump’s levies on imports.

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Investment Pros: Here’s How We’re Navigating Trump 2.0

Investment advisors weigh in with the market moves they are making in the trade-war era.

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Why Oil Prices Are Jumping After OPEC Increased Production

Crude benchmarks jumped by more than 3% after Ukraine destroyed more than 40 warplanes in Russia.

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U.S.-China Trade Talks Get Ugly. Why There’s No Need For Market Panic.

China says it hasn’t violated trade deal, jobs data set the tone for markets, oil, gold prices jump, and more news to start your day.

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Global Commodities Roundup

The latest Markets Talks from Dow Jones Newswires covering commodities.

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Gold Is Sending Markets a Big Warning Signal

A surge in the price is far outshining gains for industrial metals such as zinc and copper.

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Miners Scramble to Move Into Copper. 2 Stocks to Consider.

The Big Two—BHP Group and Rio Tinto—and everyone else are switching into copper, whose price has jumped. That takes time, and lots of it.

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Platinum Gets a Glimmer of Hope. But Gold Still Rules.

For a decade or so, gold prices have been at a big premium to platinum. But with platinum demand strong and supply down, investors in the silver metal are having a bullish moment.

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13 Ways to Profit From the Energy Market’s Upheaval

OPEC is pumping, oil prices are falling, sale producers are pulling up rigs. Our Roundtable pros see plenty of opportunity.

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Oil at $50? The High Cost of Cheap Crude.

Oil prices are falling as the commodity gets squeezed by supply and demand woes: rising output from OPEC and soft demand from tariffs. Investors hope the big producers retrench.

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The U.S. Oil Boom Has Peaked, Says This Driller’s CEO. He Blames Economic Uncertainty.

Diamondback Energy’s CEO told shareholders that “prices, volatility and macroeconomic uncertainty” threaten U.S. oil production. He might be addressing leaders in D.C. as well.

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$50 Oil Looks Likely. Why That’s a Concern for Stocks.

Oil prices and company earnings estimates look like they still have room to fall, and the stocks may be in for another leg lower.

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Ukraine’s Minerals Won’t Help AI and Tech Companies for Years

President Donald Trump’s insistence on such a deal in exchange for supporting Ukraine on the battlefield may be a part of an intensifying global race for resources.

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Gold Has Fallen Back from Record Highs. The Fear Trade Could Send It Higher Again.

Most of the advances so far have come from China and other emerging markets, not the U.S., according to the World Gold Council. That may be about to change.

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