JPMorgan: European Stocks Are Attractively Cheap After Oil Price Slump

Europe’s relatively cheap stocks could become attractive for investors as the oil prices plunged and markets hope the Hormuz crisis is over, according to JPMorgan. Assuming that the Middle East…

India’s Pump Prices Stuck Even As Global Crude Crashes

India’s fuel prices will remain elevated for some time despite the declining international crude prices, according to India’s Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Suresh Gopi. Indian…

High Tanker Rates Disrupt Persian Gulf Oil Shipments to Asia

The biggest state-owned refiners in China and India have failed to procure supertankers to load crude from the Persian Gulf later in June as tanker rates are too high and…

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  • June 18, 2026
Air Liquide expands access oxygen programme to Madagascar

By 18 min ago 2 min read Industrial gas major Air Liquide’s Access Oxygen initiative is being deployed in eight healthcare centres operated by Madagascar-based non-profit Ekar Santé’s centres in…

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  • June 18, 2026
European Energy seeks real-time balancing at Måde hybrid green hydrogen facility

By 54 min ago 3 min read European Energy has tapped trading and asset management firm Twig Energy to help balance operations at its hybrid wind, battery, and green hydrogen…

Hormuz Shipping Activity Accelerates

A growing stream of stranded oil is making its way out of the Strait of Hormuz while empty Iranian vessels rush in, as the US-Iran interim peace deal sparks one…

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  • June 18, 2026
UK semiconductor sector grows 13.6% as UK, Japan sign chip deal

By 11 hours ago 3 min read The UK semiconductor sector has expanded by 13.6% over the past two years, adding 82 companies and pushing the total number of semiconductor…

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  • June 18, 2026
UK semiconductor sector grows 13.6% as UK, Japan sign chip deal

By 25 min ago 3 min read The UK semiconductor sector has expanded by 13.6% over the past two years, adding 82 companies and pushing the total number of semiconductor…

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  • June 18, 2026
Data centres in space face triple cost hurdle as AI power demand surges

Growing power constraints are prompting technology firms to explore orbital data centres, but consultancy firm Wood Mackenzie estimates they would cost more than three times as much as equivalent facilities…

Oil Prices Slide After U.S. and Iran Sign Ceasefire Agreement

Oil prices were under pressure in early Asian trading on Thursday after the U.S. and Iran formally signed an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The speed at which…