US-Iran Tanker Attacks and Strong US Jobs Shake Markets | Bloomberg Daybreak Asia


Asian stocks rose, oil climbed after US-Iran tanker attacks; US added 162,000 jobs, boosting front-end yields and shifting Fed rate expectations ahead of this week’s US CPI.

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A sudden uptick in tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil higher while a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report landed in the same news cycle, and markets reacted to both at once. Bloomberg highlighted the dual pressure: commodity commentary from Goldman Sachs' Daan Struyven on the supply-side hit to energy markets, and ING's Deepali Bhargava on how the macro picture changes when labor data surprises. The U.S.