Economy & Trade April 30, 2026 354 stories in this edition

Oil surge on Trump blockade warning tests stocks’ resilience

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Neil Denslow,Raymond Ma
Oil surge on Trump blockade warning tests stocks’ resilience

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Subscribers: The Daily Pulse won’t be published on May 1 because of China’s Labour Day holiday. We will resume publication on Monday, May 4. Crude oil prices jumped to a four-year high after US President Donald Trump suggested that a US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz could last for “months”. Brent crude, the global benchmark, surged as much as 7.3 per cent, surpassing US$126 a barrel, following reports that T...

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Subscribers: The Daily Pulse won’t be published on May 1 because of China’s Labour Day holiday. We will resume publication on Monday, May 4. Crude oil prices jumped to a four-year high after US President Donald Trump sug...

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