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18 May 2026, 04:29 UTC · 3d ago
Source · https://invezz.com/news/2026/05/18/kospi-slides-as-gulf-strikes-rattle-oil-bonds-and-asian-markets/
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Gulf drone strikes lifted Brent and WTI crude prices and revived security concerns over the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil shipping route. — A threatened disruption to the Strait of Hormuz represents a severe supply shock risk, directly driving crude prices higher and stoking global inflation fears.
+0.95The US 10-year Treasury yield surged to a 15-month high of 4.631%, and markets are now pricing roughly even odds of a Federal Reserve rate hike this year. — Shifting monetary policy expectations from rate cuts to potential hikes severely damages duration assets and forces a broad repricing lower across risk equities.
-0.90Economists estimate that if elevated oil prices persist through year-end, UK and euro zone inflation could approach 10%, pushing interest rates toward recent highs and raising recession risks. — A stagflationary scenario combining double-digit inflation with rising rates and recession risk drastically reduces corporate earnings power and risk appetite.
-0.85China's April retail sales rose just 0.2% and industrial output slowed to 4.1%, far missing expectations and signaling fragile domestic demand. — Weakness in the world's second-largest economy dampens global growth expectations, hurting commodity demand and international corporate earnings outlooks.
-0.70Citi strategists note that roughly 20 large tech stocks have driven most recent major US index earnings upside, requiring broader sector growth for a sustainable equity rally. — Extreme market concentration in a narrow group of AI-related tech stocks makes the broader equity rally vulnerable to a rotation or correction if breadth fails to improve.
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