Oil prices plunge and Europe’s stock markets rally after Trump calls off Iran strikes

Brent crude drops by 5% after US president said talks on Middle East peace deal would resume Business live – latest updates Crude oil prices fell sharply and European stock markets rallied on Monday after Donald Trump cancelled planned strikes on Iran to focus on negotiations for a peace deal. Brent crude was trading

… Despite N11.1trn July gain By Peter Egwuatu  Nigeria’s stock market reversed course last week as widespread profit-taking erased N1.261 trillion from investors’ portfolios, ending the week in negative territory after a sustained rally. The decline followed renewed selling pressure across major banking, industrial and

The Nigeria Stock Exchange (NGX) has become the world’s top-performing equity market in US dollar terms, overtaking South Korea’s KOSPI index in the first half of 2026. Bloomberg data tracked from 92 global stock exchanges revealed that Nigeria’s benchmark index gained 67% in dollar terms, with the South Korean KOSPI g