Soybean oil futures sank 5% as a temporary ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran sparked a plunge in crude prices, denting the appeal of crop-based biofuels. The move was the sharpest drop for a most-active contract in three weeks, with almost all grain and oilseed futures in Chicago declining. The two-week pledge between the nations could help ease global supply disruptions sparked by the w...
Soybean oil futures sank 5% as a temporary ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran sparked a plunge in crude prices, denting the appeal of crop-based biofuels. The move was the sharpest drop for a most-active contract in three weeks, with almost all grain and oilseed futures in Chicago declining. The two-week pledge between the nations could help ease global supply disruptions sparked by the war, with the weeks-long effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz stalling flows of fuel and fertilizer that are vital to crop production. Brent oil slumped more than 15% at the market open. Vegetable oils such as soy and palm are closely tied to the price movements of crude as a large portion of their demand stems from biofuel production. Soybean oil fell 3.7% to 66.12 cents per pound Wheat fell 2.5% to $5.83 a bushel Corn and soybeans were each about 1% lower
Maksym Isachenko/iStock via Getty Images Vale ( VALE ) has brought forward a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its two iron ore pellet plants in Oman in an attempt to lessen the potential impacts from the Middle East war, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The maintenance shutdowns have been advanced by a few weeks, according to the report, which could not ascertain the length of time the plants would be...
Maksym Isachenko/iStock via Getty Images Vale ( VALE ) has brought forward a scheduled maintenance shutdown of its two iron ore pellet plants in Oman in an attempt to lessen the potential impacts from the Middle East war, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The maintenance shutdowns have been advanced by a few weeks, according to the report, which could not ascertain the length of time the plants would be offline. Vale’s ( VALE ) Oman operations' annual production capacity totaled 9M tons of iron ore pellets in 2025, ~29% of the company's overall output. Even as Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is preventing deliveries, Vale ( VALE ) is not yet considering changing its full-year pellet production guidance of 30M-34M tons, according to the report . More on Vale Vale: Very Cheap Shares! Is The Market Ignoring The 4.8x EBITDA Multiple? Vale: The Biggest Bargain In The Mining Sector Vale Presents at 35th BMO Global Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals Conference - Slideshow
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day losing streak in which it had plunged almost 1,700 points or 5.3 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 33,230-point plateau although it may he
(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market has finished higher in two of three trading days since the end of the four-day losing streak in which it had plunged almost 1,700 points or 5.3 percent. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 33,230-point plateau although it may he
FTSE Russell will “closely monitor” Indonesia’s capital market reforms after the postponement of a March index review of the nation’s equities, as regulators seek to avert a possible downgrade by MSCI Inc. The index compiler said it is not considering Indonesia for inclusion on the watch list and the country’s Secondary Emerging market status remains unchanged, according to its statement . “FTSE R...
FTSE Russell will “closely monitor” Indonesia’s capital market reforms after the postponement of a March index review of the nation’s equities, as regulators seek to avert a possible downgrade by MSCI Inc. The index compiler said it is not considering Indonesia for inclusion on the watch list and the country’s Secondary Emerging market status remains unchanged, according to its statement . “FTSE Russell will confirm the treatment of Indonesian securities ahead of the June 2026 index review, taking into account reform progress and stakeholder input,” it said. The decision puts further pressure on Indonesian authorities to improve transparency after MSCI’s warning in January triggered one of the worst selloffs in the nation’s stock market in decades. Local shares have fallen more than 19% since the start of the year — making them the world’s worst performers. FTSE in February excluded Indonesian stocks from its periodic index review for inclusion or exclusion of stocks due to the risk of adverse turnover and uncertainty in determining public float amid the ongoing reforms by regulators. Indonesia has carried out a series of initiatives to address MSCI’s concerns including a stock exchange ruling last week requiring listed companies to raise their public float to at least 15% within three years. On Thursday, the bourse disclosed the names of companies with shareholding concentrations of more than 95%, including those owned by the country’s richest tycoons. Indonesia Ownership Warning Spurs Selloff in Tycoon-Linked Firms MSCI Deadline Tests Indonesia’s Resolve to Fix Opaque Ownership Prabowo Fury on Market Rout Shows Growing Divisions in Indonesia Indonesia Reforms Seen Averting MSCI Cut, Not Weighting Hit
A new research institute in Hong Kong is set to ramp up efforts to develop “AI for all” as early as this month, mapping out a strategy to strengthen the government’s capabilities while ensuring all residents and sectors benefit from the technology, a senior official has said. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming said one of the priorities of the Hong Kong...
A new research institute in Hong Kong is set to ramp up efforts to develop “AI for all” as early as this month, mapping out a strategy to strengthen the government’s capabilities while ensuring all residents and sectors benefit from the technology, a senior official has said. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming said one of the priorities of the Hong Kong Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Institute would be to integrate a locally...
CIA Used "Ghost Murmur" To Locate Missing F-15 Airman From 40-Miles Away In combination with the downed F-15 weapons systems officer, known publicly only as "Dude 44 Bravo," activating Boeing's Combat Survivor Evader Locator , or CSEL, U.S. forces were reportedly able to narrow the search area and then locate the second crew member shot down over southern Iran using a secret CIA reconnaissance too...
CIA Used "Ghost Murmur" To Locate Missing F-15 Airman From 40-Miles Away In combination with the downed F-15 weapons systems officer, known publicly only as "Dude 44 Bravo," activating Boeing's Combat Survivor Evader Locator , or CSEL, U.S. forces were reportedly able to narrow the search area and then locate the second crew member shot down over southern Iran using a secret CIA reconnaissance tool known as " Ghost Murmur ." The New York Post reports that the long-range quantum magnetometry surveillance tool, powered by AI, was used in the U.S. search-and-rescue operation for the second crew member from the downed F-15 fighter jet. Sources described Ghost Murmur as able to detect something as faint as a human heartbeat's magnetic signal at long distances in complex environments using AI to filter through the noise. President Trump and CIA Director John Ratcliffe hinted at the new super-surveillance tool at a White House press conference on Monday afternoon. This was Ghost Murmur's first operational field use, or at least the first publicly known one. " It's like hearing a voice in a stadium, except the stadium is a thousand square miles of desert ," a source briefed on Ghost Murmur told the NYPost . " In the right conditions, if your heart is beating, we will find you ." Ghost Murmur was reportedly developed by Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works and has been tested on Black Hawk helicopters, with possible future use on F-35 stealth fighter jets. " The name is deliberate. 'Murmur' is a clinical term for a heart rhythm. 'Ghost' refers to finding someone who, for all practical purposes, has disappeared ," another source said. The source continued: It was "about as clean an environment as you could ask for" because of low electromagnetic interference, "almost no competing human signatures, and at night the thermal contrast between a living body and the desert floor," which "gave operators a secondary confirmation layer." "Normally this signal is so weak that it can only be m...
President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.
President Trump has backed down from his threat to wipe out Iran's civilization and bomb its power plants by Tuesday night. Online, he said he agreed to suspend the bombing of Iran for two weeks.
Recent share performance and business scale Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SEHK:981) has drawn investor attention after a recent 1 day return of around 4% decline, capping a month with roughly 17% decline and a past 3 months return near 32% decline. At a last close of HK$51.00 and a market value around HK$515.1b, the company sits among the larger Asia based foundries, with operations s...
Recent share performance and business scale Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SEHK:981) has drawn investor attention after a recent 1 day return of around 4% decline, capping a month with roughly 17% decline and a past 3 months return near 32% decline. At a last close of HK$51.00 and a market value around HK$515.1b, the company sits among the larger Asia based foundries, with operations spanning China, the United States and Eurasia. See our latest analysis for Semiconductor...