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US Market Open: Crude benchmarks gain on punchy IRGC rhetoric, which lifts yields to multi-year highs; US-China meeting ahead
Senior adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Major General Safavi said the scope of the war may expand to the Indian Ocean and other regions, if the US starts a new war.US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced a two-month extension to the trade truce with China, extending to January 10th.A flurry of Central Bank announcements; SNB and Riksbank hold while the Norges Bank hiked by 25bps to 4.50%.Global equities are under pressure amid the hawkish comments by Iranian officials, which has lifted the energy complex (Brent +2.1%).DXY makes fresh WTD highs as US yields remain at elevated levels (US 10yr…
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