Baker Hughes: Total rig count 543 versus 552 last weekOil rigs 409 versus 414 last weekNat Gas 127 versus 131 last week.Despite the higher prices, rigs decline in the current week. Go figure. This article was written by Greg Michalowski at investinglive.com.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks after G7 meeting of foreign ministers: We had a really good meeting at G7we expect the Iran operation to conclude at the appropriate time, we are talking weeks not months.Iran may decide to set up a tolling system on the Strait of Hormuz.There are no meetings
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers has released an updated version of its active stock market investor dashboard, showing record participation by private individuals in 2025. The dashboard uses data provided by European financial service providers.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you
From Jennifer Jacobs at CBS News:The Iranian response to the U.S. peace proposal is expected later today, sources familiar with the matter told Marg Brennan and me. President Trump and top White House officials have been told that Iran's counter-proposal would likely arrive Friday via interlocutors.
Iran-linked hackers publicly claimed to have breached the personal inbox of FBI Director Kash Patel. They published photographs of him and his purported resume.Reuters confirmed via a Justice Dept official that his emails were compromised but the FBI didn't immediately comment.Another notable Reuter
CFD broker STARTRADER has rolled out 24/5 trading for 20 of the most traded US stocks, giving clients access to markets beyond standard exchange hours. The new instruments, marked with a “.24H” suffix under a dedicated US.24H group, are now available on the broker’s trading platforms.The firm joins
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has fined Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited (DMBL) £338,000 for failing to implement effective systems to detect and report suspicious trading in its contracts for difference business.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don'
OANDA Securities, the Japanese unit of OANDA, will discontinue support for MetaTrader 4 later this year. The broker cited “cybersecurity requirements” and the platform’s “lack of ongoing maintenance” as the main reasons.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still do
A sharp oil rally in recent weeks has highlighted how slowly top crypto exchanges roll out new derivatives, according to TradingView Chief Growth Officer Rauan Khassan.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)Speaking on dYdX Foundation’s March analyst cal
The Financial Conduct Authority has outlined plans to expand its use of artificial intelligence and data tools under its 2026/27 work programme, a move that could affect high-risk retail trading segments such as CFDs by enabling faster supervision.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you
The SEC’s new crypto rules are being framed as a long-awaited source of clarity. But industry participants say the picture is more complicated.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)For exchanges and brokers, the immediate effect is more about a shift to
CMC CapX, the capital markets arm of London-based broker CMC Markets, launched a retail investor engagement platform called Spotlight today (Thursday), giving FTSE-listed companies a channel to communicate directly with individual shareholders through company profiles and executive video presentatio
Scope Prime, the institutional arm of Rostro Group, has completed the full rollout of DIGIXAU, a gold CFD product that runs continuously, including on evenings and weekends, the company said today (Thursday).Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)The mov
TradeZero said today (Thursday) it has extended its brokerage services into Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, and Denmark, adding four countries to the single-market footprint the firm established in the Netherlands when it entered Europe last November.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you
XTB, the Warsaw-listed investment app (WSE: XTB), has signed a sponsorship agreement with Paris La Défense Arena, Europe's largest indoor venue, the company said today (Thursday). The deal, which includes in-venue branding, client hospitality access, and planned financial education initiatives, come
ViewTrade and Kuwait-based IDS Fintech have completed Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol certification, connecting the US trading technology provider's order management infrastructure to IDS Fintech's platform and giving GCC broker-dealer clients a path to route orders to American markets
The Indian securities market regulator has partnered with Google to put a “verified” badge on locally regulated trading apps available on the Indian Play Store. Although the regulator said that the label will also be extended to apps of other regulated intermediaries, it remains unclear whether offs
Cleaning Up on Predictions?The predictions market has not exactly covered itself in glory in recent times. Reports that punters were placing significant bets on the timing of a nuclear strike as a result of the conflict between the US and Iran left a particularly sour taste.Singapore Summit: Meet th
Interactive Brokers said clients can now transfer existing cryptocurrency holdings into accounts linked to its platform, allowing them to trade digital assets without selling them first.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!).The broker has expanded its
The Financial Conduct Authority has launched a consultation on proposals to make it easier for firms to provide simplified forms of individualised financial advice to consumers. While the initiative is primarily aimed at the advice and wealth management sector, brokers moving into investment advice,