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July 28, 2026
Chicago corn and soybeans gained on Tuesday, shrugging off the decline in oil prices. They also recovered some of?the losses from?the previous trading session after a U.S. Government report reduced crop ratings due to hot and dry weather. Wheat…
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July 28, 2026
Yemen's Houthis claimed they fired ballistic.missiles at a Saudi oil tanker on the Red Sea, increasing enforcement of a recently.declared.maritime.blockade against Saudi Arabia. Yahya Saree, the military spokesperson for the Iran-aligned groups…
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July 28, 2026
Chicago corn and soybeans gained on Tuesday. They recouped?some? of the previous session's loss after a U.S. Government report lowered crop rating following hot, dry weather. Market players were trying to gauge the chances of negotiations between Russia…
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July 28, 2026
Andrii 'Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister, said that he spoke to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi on Tuesday, after Iran denounced a Ukrainian drone attack on one of its ships. He warned him about escalation, and told him he should stop all support for Russia.
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July 28, 2026
Kazem Gharibabadi, deputy foreign minister of Iran's state TV said that the country has proposed to Oman a temporary agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Under this arrangement one direction of traffic will pass through Iranian water and…
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July 28, 2026
The captain and two members of the crew?of an overturned passenger ferry in Guyana? were charged on Tuesday with murder, more than a week after the disaster that killed 73 people?and still left 30 other persons missing. The 87-year old MV Barima…
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July 28, 2026
The wage negotiations between BHP and the unions representing Port Hedland employees?at BHP's iron ores operations ended on Tuesday without agreement. More talks are scheduled for the next week. Port Hedland in Australia's 'northwest' is a major route for iron ore.
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July 28, 2026
Saudi ?Aramco is considering a new pricing mechanism ?for crude loading from Egypt's Sidi Kerir port for ?Asia to reflect ?higher shipping costs ?after ?re-routing exports through the Suez Mediterraneanpipeline, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.
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July 28, 2026
Here are some company news and stories that could impact the markets in France and Benelux or on individual stocks. BENETEAU SA : The French boat manufacturer reported a second-quarter revenue of EUR282.7 mn ($321.8 million), up 4% in constant currency.
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July 28, 2026
The defence ministry announced on Tuesday that Taiwan will test moving weapons production lines and converting civilian factories to military use in annual drills. This is in order to maintain combat operations should Chinese attacks strike supply hubs.
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July 28, 2026
Chicago corn rose on Tuesday, recovering some of the previous session's losses following a u.s. A government report lowered crop rating following the hot and dry weather. Meanwhile, soybeans declined, tracking oil price losses. Wheat prices…
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July 27, 2026
Chicago soybeans and corn prices fell on Monday due to a sharp fall in crude oil, which was fueled by the optimism that diplomatic efforts would de-escalate conflict in the Middle East. Wheat prices also fell after reaching a two-year-high on Friday…
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July 27, 2026
Yemen's 'top' diplomat said that the Houthi Movement aims to copy Iran's Hormuz Strait Strategy in 'the Red Sea' by disrupting shipping through Bab el-Mandeb. They have been 'encouraged' by a 'weak' international response. Afrah al-Zouba, Yemen's Foreign Minister-designate…
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July 27, 2026
Chicago soybeans and corn?sagged? on Monday due to a sharp fall in crude oil prices, spurred by the optimism that diplomatic efforts would de-escalate conflict in the Middle East. Wheat prices also fell after reaching a two-year-high on Friday…
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July 27, 2026
European wheat futures declined on Monday as traders assessed the 'impact of Ukrainian and Russian strikes?on ports, shipping and grain terminals. Major grain export terminals from?the countries escaped major damage. The price of 'September'…
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July 27, 2026
An industry source said that Kazakhstan, one of the world's ten largest 'oil' producers, had more than halved their 'daily' 'oil' output following the closure in Russia's Black Sea of its main exporting terminal due to drone attacks. Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry?said that last week…
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July 27, 2026
James Neville’s Botin 52 Ino Veritas won the RORC Channel Race under IRC, an offshore race of about 150 nautical miles organised by the Royal Ocean Racing Club. Ino Veritas won the Hugh Astor trophy for line honours, and the Channel Challenge Cup as the overall IRC winner.
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July 26, 2026
Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, said on Sunday that a 'Ukrainian attack' on an Iranian commercial vessel 'cannot be ignored. Iran claimed that the attack on the Caspian sea resulted in a blast which killed one sailor, and injured another.
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July 26, 2026
As the Philippines and China traded accusations after an encounter between their vessels in the disputed waters, the U.S. joined Japan in conducting maritime exercises in the South China Sea. The Philippine military announced on Sunday that…
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July 26, 2026
China's CCTV reported that rescuers are searching for 23 missing people after a Vietnamese ship went down in the busy waterway of the South China Sea. 39 people were rescued from the waters. CCTV reported that authorities in Hainan province…
