Iran says Oman deal is in ’final stages’ but US must act to open Hormuz

The dollar index (DXY00) fell to a 1-week low on Wednesday and finished down by -0.48%.  The dollar tumbled on Wednesday after the FOMC kept interest rates unchanged.  The dollar moved higher briefly early on Wednesday after crude oil prices surged more than +6% when President Trump said the US will “hit Iran hard” after…

Nvidia (NVDA -1.56%) stock is actually beating the Nasdaq and the S&P 500, up about 11% year to date as of July 22. For most stocks, that’s not bad at all, and most investors would take that. But Nvidia is not like most stocks. It is the largest company in the world by market cap…

UK homeowners are investing in cooling measures as recurring heatwaves challenge traditional property design, with external shading systems emerging as a cost-effective alternative to air conditioning units. According to Tom Greenhill, an engineer and author of the Heatwave Toolkit website, external shading can reject up to three times more solar heat than internal blinds. “Air…

Stocks Published: Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 18:16 [IST] Apollo Micro Systems Share Price Today: Shares of defence multibagger, Apollo Micro Systems Limited, ended higher on Wednesday, August 5, after it announced that it has secured a fresh Rs 230 crore order. The private defence player has secured orders worth Rs 213.39 crore from the Defence…

Mortgage professionals broadly agree that artificial intelligence is about to reshape how they work. But a new industry report suggests that professionals who come out ahead won’t be the ones that master software the fastest. Rather, they will be the ones borrowers trust the most.  Processing Content A recent survey of more than 300 mortgage…

The spread between the cost of barrels of gasoline and crude oil — known as the “crack spread” — has widened sharply.