A sharp technology-led rally that has lifted the U.S. stock market to record peaks will be tested next week by fresh inflation data, which could build

Asian and European shares opened mixed, with Japan's Nikkei surging and oil prices rising. Investors are balancing Fed rate hopes against Middle East risks and crucial US inflation data.

India bonds may open positively as key inflation data from India and the US shapes interest rate expectations.

The article flags rising oil on Hormuz reopening uncertainty: even “progress” still leaves conditions unmet, keeping a supply-risk premium in crude. Inflation data risk is also a tailwind for energy as markets worry about sticky prices if oil stays elevated.

Is the government lying to us about how high inflation really is? Many financial advisers report hearing this question from their clients. And the concern is understandable, since the consumer-price index affects everything from Social Security's annual ...

Oil prices are higher and Asian shares have fallen, dragged lower by losses for artificial-intelligence stocks.