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Strait of Hormuz crude tanker movement gives oil markets relief but not certainty
Hormuz flows are moving again, but not freely. Six million barrels exiting the Gulf shows relief, not a full return to normal oil trade.
Munich Re (ETR: MUV2) trades 23% below 52-week high as reinsurance pricing softens into hurricane season
Munich Re beat Q1 by 57% and reaffirmed €6.3bn guidance. The stock is down 23%. The real question is whether softening renewal prices break the Ambition 2030 thesis.
Shell (LSE: SHEL) gains 0.27% as billion-barrel oil deficit thesis holds firm into AGM next Tuesday
Sawan says the oil deficit is deepening every day. ARC just added 370,000 boe/d. The May 19 AGM is where Shell's capital return discipline meets war-time arithmetic.
BP (LSE: BP.) climbs 1.4% as Uzbekistan upstream entry and analyst upgrades override the ex-dividend mechanical drag
Iran war doubled BP's profit. Castrol is sold. Uzbekistan is in. Citi says $15bn of disposals are coming. Meg O'Neill's reset may finally have a plan.
BRICS unity faces major test after New Delhi talks stall over Iran war language
BRICS wants Global South unity. The Iran war exposed rival interests inside the bloc and left India managing a fragile diplomatic split.
3i Group (LSE: III) bounces 3.79% after 19% Action-driven sell-off and £750m buyback launch
Action's sales growth has halved in a fortnight. 3i Group's first buyback in 21 years is a confidence vote, but Iran's spill-over is the real test.
Xi warns Trump on Taiwan as US and China push trade deals in Beijing
Trump and Xi are chasing trade stability. Taiwan remains the fault line that could still pull United States China ties into crisis.
Saudi Arabia reportedly struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during Iran war
Gulf states sought restraint, yet Reuters says Saudi and Kuwait-linked strikes inside Iraq exposed a harder response to Iran-backed militias.
Iran ceasefire on life support as Trump rejects Tehran proposal sent through Pakistan
Iran wants sanctions relief and Hormuz leverage. Trump wants nuclear concessions. The ceasefire is now the conflict’s weakest link.
The big banks bleed: Why the S&P/ASX 200 Financials Index (XFJ) is staring at a fresh three-month low
Banks are repricing faster than retail investors expected. The RBA went hawkish, Westpac's margins slipped, NAB's profit dropped. The 16 June meeting decides the next leg.