U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters concerning the Israel-Iran battle, aboard Air Drive One on June 24, 2025, whereas touring to attend the NATO summit in The Hague within the Netherlands.
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The ceasefire between Israel and Iran seems to be holding. In yesterday’s e-newsletter, we talked about how a blitzkrieg of missile-led diplomacy appeared to assist de-escalate tensions.
The flipside of that unusual path to a truce is that missiles, effectively, are basically weapons. Mere hours after each nations agreed to the ceasefire, Israel mentioned its longtime rival had fired missiles into its borders — an accusation which Tehran denied — and was making ready to “reply forcefully.” Most likely with extra missiles.
U.S. President Donald Trump — who reportedly brokered the ceasefire with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani — expressed frustration with these developments.
“I am not proud of them. I am not proud of Iran both however I am actually sad if Israel goes out this morning,” Trump informed a reporter pool en path to the NATO summit within the Netherlands.
His admonishments appeared to work. There’s now a fragile armistice between the 2 nations.
Oil costs fell and U.S. shares jumped.
Reuters uploaded a photograph of Israeli residents enjoying frisbee on the seashore on June 24. Flights at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport are resuming, and Iran’s airspace is partially open, in keeping with flight monitoring agency FlightRadar24, CNBC reported at round 3 a.m. Singapore time.
Three hours after that replace, NBC Information, citing three individuals aware of the matter, reported that an preliminary evaluation from the U.S. Protection Intelligence Company discovered the American strikes on Iran’s nuclear websites on Saturday left “core items … nonetheless intact.”
And so it goes.
What you could know as we speak
Israel-Iran ceasefire holds, for now
The delicate ceasefire between Israel and Iran, introduced by Trump on Monday, seems to be holding. Israel on Tuesday mentioned it will honor the ceasefire as long as Iran does the identical. Earlier within the day, each nations accused one another of violating the truce, and mentioned they had been able to retaliate, prompting Trump to say he is “not joyful” with them. Keep up to date on the Israel-Iran battle with CNBC’s dwell weblog right here.
Markets bounce as merchants guess on truce
U.S. shares jumped Tuesday on expectations that the Israel-Iran ceasefire would maintain. The S&P 500 gained 1.11% to place it simply 0.9% away from its 52-week excessive. The Dow Jones Industrial Common added 1.19% and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 1.43%. The Nasdaq-100 rose 1.53% to shut at an all-time excessive. Europe’s Stoxx 600 rose 1.11%. Journey shares had been a few of the greatest performers, whereas oil and fuel shares fell essentially the most.
Oil costs stoop for a second day
Oil costs tumbled Tuesday, its second day of declines, because the market guess that the chance of a significant provide disruption had pale. U.S. crude oil settled down 6% at $64.37 a barrel whereas the worldwide benchmark Brent fell 6.1%, to $67.14 throughout U.S. buying and selling. Costs closed 7% decrease on Monday. Earlier Tuesday, Trump mentioned China can maintain shopping for oil from Iran, in what appeared like an indication that the U.S. could soften its strain marketing campaign in opposition to Tehran.
Powell says Fed is ‘effectively positioned to attend’
At a U.S. congressional listening to Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell mentioned the financial system was nonetheless robust. However he famous that inflation continues to be above the central financial institution’s goal of two%, and the Fed has an “obligation” to stop tariffs from turning into “an ongoing inflation downside.” Together, these issues make the Fed “effectively positioned to attend” earlier than making a choice on rates of interest.
U.S. is dedicated to NATO: Secretary-Common
There’s “whole dedication by the U.S. president and the U.S. senior management to NATO,” the army alliance’s Secretary-Common Mark Rutte mentioned Tuesday morning, because the summit kicked off in The Hague, Netherlands. However America expects Europe and Canada to spend as a lot because the U.S. does on protection. Forward of the summit, members agreed to enhance protection spending to five% of gross home product by 2035.
[PRO] Not ‘bullish sufficient’ on rally: HSBC
The S&P 500′s rally off its April lows has introduced it again to roughly 1% off its file excessive in a really quick time. It is an advance that has perplexed many traders, who fear that one other pullback is on the horizon. However Max Kettner, chief multi-asset strategist at HSBC, mentioned he worries he is not “bullish sufficient” on the present rally.
And at last…
Footage from the semi-official Tasnim information company present the Stena Impero being seized and detained between July 19 and July 21, 2019 close to strait of Hormuz, Iran.
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Strait of Hormuz GPS jamming stays main safety situation, tanker CEO says
Regardless of a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran on Tuesday, safety points within the Strait of Hormuz proceed for shipowners.
In keeping with Angeliki Frangou, a fourth-generation shipowner and chairman and CEO of Greece-based Navios Maritime Companions, which owns and operates dry cargo ships and tankers, vessels within the Strait of Hormuz are nonetheless being threatened by steady GPS sign blocking.
“We now have had about 20% much less passage of vessels by way of the Strait of Hormuz, and vessels are ready exterior,” Frangou informed CNBC.
“You might be listening to loads from the liner [ocean shipping] firms that they’re transiting solely throughout daytime due to the jamming of GPS alerts of vessels. They do not wish to move throughout the nighttime as a result of they discover it harmful. So it is a very fluid scenario,” Frangou mentioned.
