World Market News of the 18 April with FXOpen #oilprices #sp500 #btcprice #sol #avax #ada #fil

What The Fresh March Higher in Oil Means for World Markets Oil prices are up around 16% so far this year near $90 a barrel, with supply worries high given escalating Middle East tensions and tit-for-tat attacks on energy infrastructure between Ukraine and Russia. Investors are paying attention. After all, it was an energy price surge two years ago that helped drive inflation and interest rates higher on a scale not seen in decades. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday described an “adverse scenario“ in which an escalation of conflict in the Middle East would lead to a 15% jump in oil prices and higher shipping costs that would hike global inflation by about 0.7 percentage points. Source: Reuters European Markets Head for Mixed Open after Wall Street Logs Another Day of Declines European markets are heading for a mixed open Thursday, with sentiment tempered by declines stateside this week. U.S. stock futures traded near the flatline on Wednesday evening a