Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday as higher oil prices and escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran weighed on investor sentiment after President Donald Trump 's rejected Tehran's latest proposal to end the war. Iran submitted a new proposal to U.S. negotiators focused on ending the Middle East conflict. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said that the counteroffer calle...
Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Monday as higher oil prices and escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran weighed on investor sentiment after President Donald Trump 's rejected Tehran's latest proposal to end the war. Iran submitted a new proposal to U.S. negotiators focused on ending the Middle East conflict. Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said that the counteroffer called for an end to the war on all fronts and the lifting of sanctions on Tehran, citing an informed source. However, Trump said he did not like Iran's response and called it "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!" in a Truth Social Post. Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the war with Iran is "not over," as the U.S. and Israel still aim to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Netanyahu's comments come ahead of Trump 's trip to China later this week, where he's expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping . The war and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran have spiked global energy costs and sharply raised gas prices in the U.S. The West Texas Intermediate futures for June was 2.93% higher at $98.35 per barrel as of 7:30 p.m. ET. Brent crude futures for July rose 3.14% to $104.47 per barrel. Japan's Nikkei 225 was poised to gain, with the Chicago futures contract at 63,745 and its Osaka counterpart last trading at 63,760, compared with the index's previous close of 62,713.65. Hong Kong Hang Seng index futures were at 26,250, lower than the index's last close of 26,393.71. In Australia, futures last traded at 8,736, while the S&P/ASX 200 ′s closed at 8,744.40. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 143 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures each also lost 0.3%. Sunday's moves come after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite rallied more than 2% and 4%, respectively, last week. Both indexes recorded their sixth-straight winning weeks — a first for each since 2024. The Dow rose 0.2% ...
I Squared Capital has lobbed a rival all-cash offer for Australian outdoor advertising company oOh!media , valuing the company at A$765.9 million ($554 million). The unsolicited, conditional non-binding I Squared bid of A$1.45 per share in cash comes after an April non-binding offer of A$1.40 per share from Pacific Equity Partners. The I Squared bid represents a 15% premium to oOh!media’s Friday c...
I Squared Capital has lobbed a rival all-cash offer for Australian outdoor advertising company oOh!media , valuing the company at A$765.9 million ($554 million). The unsolicited, conditional non-binding I Squared bid of A$1.45 per share in cash comes after an April non-binding offer of A$1.40 per share from Pacific Equity Partners. The I Squared bid represents a 15% premium to oOh!media’s Friday closing price. OOh!media shares gained as much as 7.5% in early Sydney trading, the biggest daily move since PEP’s April 29 offer landed. Read More: PEP Offers to Buy Outdoor Ad Firm oOh!Media for $537 Million The target company said in a Monday statement that neither proposal adequately reflected its intrinsic value. It is prepared to provide both bidders with access to a limited amount of due diligence information to allow them to assess whether they are able to make a revised proposal. Engagement with PEP and ISQ is preliminary and oOh!media is also engaging with certain other parties, it said. oOh!media also said it is suspending its share buyback program.
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market on Friday ended the five-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 40 points or 2.2 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,750-point plateau although it may see renewed support on Monday.
(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market on Friday ended the five-day winning streak in which it had advanced almost 40 points or 2.2 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,750-point plateau although it may see renewed support on Monday.