The HCOB Flash Eurozone purchasing managers' index (PMI) published by S&P Global registered a figure of 50.2, the same pace of growth registered in May.

However, some international airlines were resuming services on Monday.

Most of the market moves were restrained, with the dollar getting a modest safe-haven bid and no sign of a rush to bonds. Oil prices were up around 1.5%, but well off their initial peaks. O/R

Iran is the world's ninth-biggest oil-producing country, with output of about 3.3 million barrels per day.

Asia’s fourth largest economy South Korea is facing gruelling tariffs by US President Donald Trump, but its shipbuilding industry could prove a useful bargaining chip.

A US attack on Iranian nuclear sites could push oil prices even higher and trigger a knee-jerk rush to safety, investors said, as they assessed how the latest escalation of tensions would ripple through the global economy.

A détente in the electric vehicle tariff war may suit China more than Europe. Brussels and Beijing are haggling over a way for Chinese manufacturers to sell battery rides tariff-free, but at a minimum price. Embracing such a system would be a risky move.

A key concern for markets would center around the potential impact of the developments in the Middle East on oil prices and thus on inflation.

In the immediate aftermath of the announcement, they expected the US involvement was likely to cause a selloff in equities and a possible bid for the dollar and other safe-haven assets when trading begins, but also said much uncertainty about the course of the conflict remained.

Investors are mulling a host of different market scenarios should the US deepen its involvement in the Middle East conflict, with the potential for ripple effects if energy prices skyrocket.

Qatar held crisis talks this week with energy majors after Israeli strikes on Iran’s huge gas field, which it shares with Qatar, an industry source and a diplomat in the region told Reuters.

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Investors are mulling a host of different market scenarios should the U.S. deepen its involvement in the Middle East conflict

Pakistan has signed term sheets with 18 commercial banks for a 1.275 trillion Pakistani rupee ($4.50 billion) Islamic finance facility to help pay down mounting debt in its power sector, the power minister said on Friday

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $900 million loan to help Bangladesh reform its banking sector and strengthen its resilience to the impacts of climate change.

It’s a good time to pitch alternatives to the US dollar , but it pays to be specific. On Wednesday, People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng told attendees of a financial forum in Shanghai that he expected the largely greenback-based global monetary system to become multipolar, ultimately helping to “better safeguard global financial stability”.

The board of Renata PLC, a listed pharmaceutical company, has decided to revise the structure of its preference shares, which were recently approved to raise up to Tk 325 crore, according to a disclosure on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website.

While oil-importing countries won’t fully escape a hit in the event of another energy price shock on Middle East tensions, a period of rare dollar weakness will soften the blow considerably for countries outside America.

Bangladesh’s food processing sector, which was worth $8 billion last year, is growing at an average rate of 8 percent a year, according to a report by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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