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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Galit Altstein |Srinivasan Sivabalan
A man counts Israeli shekel banknotes. (Bloomberg) -- Options traders are bracing for the Israeli shekel to experience wilder moves than at any time since the start of the Gaza war in 2023 — a hedge against any breakdown in the resilience it’s so far shown against the nation’s multiple ongoing conflicts.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Srinivasan Sivabalan |Zijia Eleanor Song
Bloomberg — Las divisas y las acciones de los países en desarrollo cayeron debido a que la escalada de las tensiones en Medio Oriente y la próxima decisión de la Reserva Federal sobre las tasas de interés redujeron el apetito por el riesgo. Los índices que siguen las divisas y las acciones de los mercados emergentes registraron pérdidas de más del 0,4% cada uno el martes, mientras Teherán era blanco de una nueva oleada de misiles.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Zijia Eleanor Song |Srinivasan Sivabalan
Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa, Israel, on June 16. (Bloomberg) -- Currencies and stocks in developing nations fell as escalating tensions in the Middle East and the upcoming Federal Reserve interest rate decision dimmed risk appetite. Indexes tracking emerging-market currencies and stocks saw losses of more than 0.4% each on Tuesday as Tehran was hit by a fresh wave of missiles.
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1 week ago | 
financialpost.com | Srinivasan Sivabalan |Julien Ponthus |Allegra Catelli |Alexandra Semenova
Advertisement 1Financial markets are set to reopen Monday with investors squarely focused on escalating geopolitical tensions as Israel and Iran continue to bombard each other with no sign of a pause. Article content(Bloomberg) — Financial markets are set to reopen Monday with investors squarely focused on escalating geopolitical tensions as Israel and Iran continue to bombard each other with no sign of a pause.
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1 week ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Srinivasan Sivabalan
(Bloomberg) -- Most Middle Eastern markets dropped on Sunday as investors signaled growing concerns of a wider conflict amid tit-for-tat attacks by Israel and Iran.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Srinivasan Sivabalan
Most Middle Eastern markets dropped on Sunday as investors signaled growing concerns of a wider conflict amid tit-for-tat attacks by Israel and Iran. Egypt’s main stock index was the worst performer among markets that opened for the first time since the attack began on Friday, posting the biggest losses in five years at one point on concerns that a halt in Israeli gas production will lead to fuel shortages in the import-dependent country.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Srinivasan Sivabalan
A ticker screen showing stock prices at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd. (TASE) in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Israel’s annual inflation stood at 3.5% as of October, above the government’s target range of 1% to 3%, largely due to supply-side constraints. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg(Bloomberg) -- Most Middle Eastern markets dropped on Sunday as investors signaled growing concerns of a wider conflict amid tit-for-tat attacks by Israel and Iran.
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1 month ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Jaehyun Eom |Srinivasan Sivabalan |Catherine Bosley
(Bloomberg) -- Emerging market currencies rose, as President Donald Trump’s move to extend a deadline for aggressive tariffs on the European Union bolstered risk appetite.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Jaehyun Eom |Srinivasan Sivabalan |Giovanna Azevedo
(Bloomberg) -- Emerging market currencies gained as President Donald Trump’s move to extend a deadline for aggressive tariffs on the European Union bolstered risk appetite, while trading volumes remained thin due to holidays in the US and the UK. MSCI’s gauge of EM currency returns climbed as much as 0.4% to an all-time high as the dollar hovered around its lowest level in almost two years. Risk-on sentiment was also evident in some equity markets, though MSCI’s broad gauge for stocks fell.
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1 month ago | 
bloomberg.com | Maria Elena Vizcaino |Srinivasan Sivabalan
(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of emerging-market currencies capped its sixth week of gains, extending the rally Friday after President Donald Trump’s renewed tariff threats sent investors rushing out of US assets. Currencies from Asia and the South African rand outperformed, while Brazil’s real led Latin American gains as the US dollar fell to the lowest level since 2023. Meantime, the index for emerging-market stocks rallied.
