Oil prices set for weekly gain as US-Iran hostilities intensify

Oil prices set for weekly gain as US-Iran hostilities intensify

Oil prices set for weekly gain as US-Iran hostilities intensify
Mortgage rates had a tough day on Friday, largely in response to bond market volatility surrounding heavy forex trading as a part of US/Japan efforts to prop up Japanese currency (not a common source of inspiration for rates). Higher oil prices didn’t help. As we begin the new week, de-escalation in the Iran war pushed…
Fairly Calm Despite Some Fuel Price Pressure; Warsh on Deck 2 Hours, 30 Min ago Fairly Calm Despite Some Fuel Price Pressure; Warsh on Deck To reiterate a sentiment from this morning, there’s a decent amount of focus on Friday’s Warsh speech at Jackson Hole simply because it’s customary to focus on…
2 min read Last Updated : Aug 21 2026 | 10:42 PM IST The Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) announced a series of investor education initiatives on Friday, targeting women, first-time investors, smaller cities and underserved communities. It will conduct around 20 workshops across 10-12 cities to train 10,000 MF distributors on…
It was a wild two days for Lucid (LCID +8.57%) shareholders. On Tuesday, a report from an electric vehicle blog, citing two unnamed sources, claimed the luxury EV maker had brought in consulting firm AlixPartners to weigh a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing or a take-private deal. Shares lost more than half their value at Tuesday’s…
The government’s recently announced roadmap of reforms promises to revolutionise the home buying and selling process. It follows two major consultations, which sought the views of professionals working across the property market to help shape what will be the biggest shake-up of the market in a generation, increasing clarity, certainty and confidence that transactions will…
Finova has launched a whole-of-market application service powered by artificial intelligence (AI), which it says will “transform” how brokers submit cases. The AI agent is built around the strapline ‘stop keying in mortgage applications – just submit them in one click’ and aims to remove the need to manually key in data on UK…