World shares and U.S. futures have retreated after oil prices jumped more than 2%. European markets opened lower Thursday and benchmarks in Seoul and Hong Kong fell more than 3%. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 fell 2.7%. The price of Brent crude oil was hovering near $112 per barrel after Iran's state television reported that seven oil tankers caught fire after being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, the S&P 500 added 0.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%

Brent crude rose 2.1% to $111.11 a barrel. Benchmarks in Seoul and Hong Kong each fell more than 3%.

U.S. stocks climbed following strong profit reports from SpaceX, Capital One Financial and other big companies. The S&P 500 added 0.6% Wednesday and pulled within 0.8% of its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.1%. A much better profit report from SpaceX than analysts expected helped lift AI-related stocks, along with Elon Musk's other publicly traded company, Tesla. That made up for losses by Netflix and other sto

SpaceX swung back to a quarterly profit, more than doubling what Wall Street had expected. Its satellite communications and computing-power leasing businesses drove the gain.

Asian shares were mixed on Monday as technology stocks stayed volatile. U.S. equity futures edged higher ahead of another week of corporate earnings, while a recent selloff in tech shares from Asia to Wall Street kept markets under pressure amid growing doubts about the AI boom. Oil prices fell more than 1% after U.S. President Donald Trump waived sweeping sanctions on Russia, including on Russian energy. South Korea's Kospi gained 1.1% to 5,729.58, though it remains down more than 18% over the past month.

美國9月消費物價指數按年升3.7%，超出預期，科技股拋售潮蔓延至亞洲市場。韓國KOSPI指數周四暴跌近8%，三星電子與SK海力士跌幅超過11%。日經225指數重挫5%，軟銀集團、東京電子等科技股普遍下滑。美國股指期貨亦走低。

美國股市周三重挫。標普500指數下跌1.1%，創7月以來最大單日跌幅；納斯達克指數下跌1.9%。通脹數據加速上行，強化市場對聯儲局加息的預期。人工智能相關股票成為市場最大拖累，因借貸成本上升可能抑制數據中心建設需求。

The first big batch of summertime profit reports from U.S. companies is making waves on Wall Street after topping analysts’ expectations, but many are canceling each other out. That’s leaving stock indexes relatively static and near their records on Tuesday. The S&P 500 was mostly unchanged and hovered below its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 174 points, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%. Those modest moves, though, masked some big swings happening undernea

美國股市周二上升，標普500指數升0.5%，有望突破8月創下的歷史高位。道瓊斯工業平均指數升185點，納斯達克綜合指數升0.6%，延續歷史新高。國際油價回落紓緩通脹憂慮，布倫特原油跌2.3%至每桶97.97美元，較數周前接近110美元明顯回落。Constellation Energy因與谷歌達成長期供電協議而領漲。