Global Commodity Financial News

Crystol Energy CEO Carole Nakhle discusses the energy market as oil extended gains and traders weighed a US plan to insure and escort tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz. "What we are seeing today has caused some disruptions," Nakhle tells Bloomberg Television. She adds that the market is "not panicking" and the increase in the risk premium is "justifiable," but that further escalations in the region could lead to a "worsening scenario when it comes to oil price." (Source: Bloomberg)

Anna Edwards, Lizzy Burden, Tom Mackenzie and Mark Cudmore break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)

Singaporeans will likely face higher power bills if a shutdown at Qatar’s giant liquefied natural gas export plant proves lengthy.

President Donald Trump said the US will provide insurance guarantees and naval escorts for vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions rise with Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)

Indonesia’s outlook has been revised to negative from stable by Fitch Ratings Inc., several news outlets in the country reported, amid increasing regulatory ambiguity under President Prabowo Subianto.

Woolworths Holdings Ltd. said trading in its Australian apparel business slowed sharply at the end of the first half, while stepped-up investment in its South African food division weighed on margins.

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The bosses of two of Britain’s largest housebuilders, Barratt Redrow Plc and Vistry Group Plc, announced their retirements as the businesses emerge from the deepest slowdown since the global financial crisis.

Myanmar’s military government will impose limits on private vehicles starting Saturday to conserve fuel as disruptions to Middle East shipping routes threaten the country’s energy supplies.

South Korean defense contractors are looking at more deals and investments in the Philippines to support the Southeast Asian nation’s military modernization amid longstanding geopolitical tensions in the South China Sea.