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1.15153
0.191%
Gold
3365.35
-0.235%
Oil
73.651
-1.884%
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146.173
0.518%
GBP/USD
1.34452
-0.080%
GBP/JPY
196.545
0.458%
Real-time News
Yemeni Houthi rebels: Will target US ships in Red Sea if US gets involved in Israels attack on Iran.Spokesperson for the Lithuanian Prime Minister: Belarus released five Belarusians, three Poles, two Latvians, two Japanese, one Estonian and one Swede.On June 21, according to a survey by Kitco, a precious metals website, Wall Streets overall stance returned to neutral after geopolitical developments failed to boost gold prices. Of the 16 Wall Street analysts interviewed, six (38%) expect gold prices to rise in the coming week, five (31%) expect gold prices to fall, and another five analysts (31%) expect gold prices to go sideways next week. 258 people participated in the online survey, and a slight majority were optimistic about gold prices. 138 people (54%) expect gold prices to rise next week, and 55 (21%) expect gold prices to fall. The remaining 65 ordinary investors (25%) expect gold prices to consolidate in the coming week.June 21, local time on the 21st, IAEA Director General Grossi said that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop in Isfahan, Iran was attacked. This is the third time that Israel has targeted a centrifuge manufacturing workshop when attacking Iranian nuclear facilities in the past week. The workshop produces machines for enriching uranium and has been monitored and verified by the IAEA before, with IAEA cameras installed. The IAEA said that there is no nuclear material in the facility, so the attack will not cause radioactive consequences.June 21st news, this week, the Israeli-Iranian conflict continued to escalate, causing severe turbulence in the global shipping market. The United States is considering launching a military strike against Iran, and Iranian officials responded that mines may be laid in the Strait of Hormuz. Panic in the shipping market has been ignited. The Baltic Heavy Oil Tanker Index shows that the average international freight rate has risen by 12% in the past week. The freight rates of some high-risk routes, such as the Persian Gulf to Europe route and the Asia to Europe route through the Red Sea, have increased by as much as 2.5 times. The daily rent of super-large oil tankers has soared from about US$20,000 a week ago to US$55,000. The escalating situation has also forced shipping giants to respond quickly. Maersk announced on the 20th local time that it would suspend its ships from docking at the Port of Haifa in Israel. Following the general increase in global route freight rates in June, Maersk, CMA CGM and Hapag-Lloyd and other companies issued price increase letters for July, and freight rates are expected to continue to rise. Some shipping experts said that shipping companies have begun to "avoid" the Strait of Hormuz, and a detour strategy similar to that during the Red Sea crisis in 2023 may be repeated, when major global shipping companies were forced to suspend the Red Sea routes and detour around the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, which extended the shipping time by 10 to 14 days and significantly increased transportation costs.
