{"id":370430,"date":"2026-07-23T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=370430"},"modified":"2026-07-23T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:57:16","slug":"oil-prices-spike-global-stock-markets-mixed-as-iran-war-escalates-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/oil-prices-spike-global-stock-markets-mixed-as-iran-war-escalates-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices spike, global stock markets mixed as Iran war escalates &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>North American stock markets were drifting in mixed trading Wednesday, while oil prices climbed one other three per cent as fighting continues within the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<p>On Wall Street, the S&#038;P 500 slipped lower than 0.1 per cent, coming off its best day in three weeks, after swinging between modest losses and gains for much of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 61 points, or 0.1 per cent, as of two:10 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3 per cent lower.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile on Bay Street, the TSX was up by about 0.3 per cent, and helped out mainly by the mining sector, including those of gold and silver, while some technology, construction and retail stocks were lower.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all of stocks within the S&#038;P 500 rose after more firms reported strong profits for the spring. Expectations are high for the reports, and corporations might want to match them after their stock prices already neared records on anticipation for them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Philip Morris International rose 2.4 per cent after the vendor of Marlboro cigarettes reported stronger profit and revenue for the newest quarter than expected. Its shipments of smoke-free products rose 7.5 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>AT&#038;T climbed 2.7 per cent after reporting a stronger profit than analysts expected. CEO John Stankey also said the telecom is accelerating plans to send roughly US$10 billion to its shareholders this yr through the buybacks of its stock.<\/p>\n<p>Super Micro Computer soared 21.1 per cent after the vendor of AI servers said it expects to report stronger profit margins for the newest quarter than it had earlier forecast. It, though, also said that revenue will likely are available on the low end of its forecasted range of $11 billion to $12.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>They helped offset a 7.9 per cent drop for GE Vernova, which reported a weaker profit for the newest quarter than analysts expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"related_videos\">\n<div class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--video\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title\">Related Videos<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"miniplayer-carousel\" class=\"l-videoCarousel l-videoCarousel--embed c-carousel\" data-video-carousel-play-inline=\"true\" data-video-carousel-init=\"false\" aria-label=\"Video carousel contains 5 videos.\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__inner\">\n<div class=\"l-videoCarousel__featured\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"true\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" 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per cent higher ahead of its earnings report, which is scheduled to reach after trading ends for the day. Anticipation is high, and never simply because the parent company of Google is certainly one of the biggest stocks on Wall Street. It\u2019s also certainly one of the largest spenders on artificial-intelligence technology.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/money123.jpg\" alt=\"Get expert insights, Q&#038;A on markets, housing, inflation, and personal finance information delivered to you every Saturday.\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly money news<\/h2>\n<p>Get expert insights, Q&#038;A on markets, housing, inflation, and private finance information delivered to you each Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Investors are on the lookout for signs that the deluge of dollars going into processors, computer memory and other constructing blocks of the AI boom are producing the sorts of productivity and profits that will make the investments price it. If that isn\u2019t the case, stocks of chip firms and other AI winners would look very expensive following their rushes higher.<\/p>\n<p>Such worries have kept AI stocks at the middle of Wall Street\u2019s swings for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Micron Technology swung between a lack of 3.6 per cent and a gain of 0.8 per cent Wednesday. That\u2019s after it jumped 14.4 per cent in the primary two days of this week to reclaim nearly all its 13.3 per cent plunge from the week before. It\u2019s still up roughly 241 per cent for the yr up to now.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks broadly also felt pressure from continuing climbs for oil prices, which raise costs for many businesses and erode their profits.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Money<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The worth for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, rose 3.3 per cent to US$94 after briefly topping $95 within the morning to the touch its highest price in nearly six weeks. That\u2019s up from lower than $72 early this month, which is roughly where it was before the war with Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rising oil prices are threatening a reacceleration of inflation. 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It\u2019s already helped bring long-term U.S. mortgage rates to their highest levels in nearly a yr.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices have climbed as fighting across the Middle East keeps oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz to exit the Persian Gulf. Normally, a fifth of all oil and natural gas traded passes through the narrow strait.<\/p>\n<p>The auto club AAA said Wednesday that the typical price for a gallon of standard gas within the U.S. jumped again overnight to $4.06. That\u2019s still below highs of around $4.56 per gallon in May, but it surely had been below $3 before the USA and Israel attacked Iran in late February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In stock markets abroad, indexes climbed in Europe following a mixed session in Asia.<\/p>\n<p>London\u2019s FTSE 100 rose 1.2 per cent, while Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng fell one per cent for 2 of the world\u2019s greater moves.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2013 with a file from Global\u2019s Ariel Rabinovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North American stock markets were drifting in mixed trading Wednesday, while oil prices climbed one other three per cent as fighting continues within the war with Iran. 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