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June 15, Fineko/abc.az. Optimism surrounding a 60-day diplomatic cooling-off framework between the US and Iran has driven global equity indices to fresh highs while triggering a sharp correction in crude oil benchmarks.
According to ABC.AZ, monitoring global cross-asset performance, a wave of relief has swept through financial networks:
Crude Oil Retrenchment: Brent crude futures plummeted by over 4%, sliding toward the $83-per-barrel threshold, marking its lowest trading tier in over three months.
SpaceX Shatters Records on Debut: Wall Street's upward momentum was heavily supercharged by the public trading debut of Elon Musk’s aerospace giant on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX. Priced initially at $135, shares surged by 19% in their opening session to close above $161, driving SpaceX's market capitalization past the $2 trillion boundary.
Index Progressions: The S&P 500 rallied 0.50%, the Nasdaq 100 secured a 0.6% gain, and the MSCI Asia-Pacific Index jumped roughly 3%, with Japan's Nikkei 225 testing all-time record territory. In early currency matching, the Dollar/TRY pair hovered at 46.27.
Central Bank Action Under New Fed Leadership: Over 20 monetary authorities representing 40% of global output are slated to deliver rate decisions this week. Crucially, Wednesday's Federal Reserve gathering will mark the first FOMC session chaired by newly sworn-in Fed Chief Kevin Warsh. While the Fed and the Bank of England (BOE) are widely projected to hold borrowing costs steady, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is expected to advance its quantitative tightening policy.
