Oil

• Oil 價格因 Iran-U.S. 衝突威脅全球供應而飆升，但受 Visa 與 Starbucks 於 2026 年 4 月 29 日發布的強勁財報推動，U.S. 股市在紀錄高點附近展現韌性。 • S&P 500 微跌 0.1%，Dow 下跌 286 點或 0.6%，Nasdaq 上漲 0.1%；根據執行長 Ryan McInerney，Visa 股價受韌性消費支出帶動上漲 8.3%，Starbucks 則受 North America 單次消費支出增加帶動而上漲 8.6%。 • Federal Reserve 官員暗示 2026 年不降息，幾乎消除了投資者的押注，甚至因能源價格引發的通膨而轉向支持升息；債券市場震盪。

由於 Donald Trump 似乎有意維持 US Navy 的封鎖，且 Iran 令 strait of Hormuz 幾乎封閉，石油市場受驚。在 Donald Trump 警告 US 對 Iranian 港口的封鎖可能持續數月且和談依然停滯後，Brent oil 價格在週三飆升至每桶 126 美元以上，創下 2022 年以來的最高水準。Brent crude 在 24 小時內飆升超過 13%，觸及自 28 February 戰爭爆發以來的最高價格。自 2022 年 Russia 入侵 Ukraine 以來，Brent 價格未曾突破 120 美元，當時價格峰值曾達 139 美元。繼續閱讀...

• WPP 被指控違反其氣候政策，此前一份報告揭露該公司涉及的石油廣告量是其美國競爭對手的兩倍 • 報告顯示，自 2015 年簽署應對氣候危機的《巴黎協定》以來，一家英國廣告集團已協助石油公司 ExxonMobil、Chevron、Shell 和 BP 在美國投入估計達 15 億美元（11 億英鎊）的廣告費用 • 根據氣候調查平台 DeSmog 的分析，總部位於倫敦的 WPP 是過去十年中為美國石油業提供服務的首要廣告集團

Blockade threat in vital strait and Trump’s stance lift crude, pushing pump prices to highest level since 2022Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAverage US gas prices have hit a new high at $4.23 per gallon, their highest since 2022 and a record since the start of the war with Iran, according to the motor club AAA.The price of Brent crude, the benchmark that influences the price of US gasoline prices, now stands at $114.60 a barrel, up nearly 25% from the recent low since mid-April. US gas prices a year ago averaged $3.16. Continue reading...

US representatives Jared Huffman and Jamie Raskin earlier this month called agreements outrageous and unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThe Trump administration blocked two permitted US wind energy projects from development this week, with an agreement to pay millions of dollars in refunds to the companies behind them if those funds are reinvested in oil and gas.US Department of the Interior officials framed the canceled agreements as a way to “promote US energy security and affordability” by funneling funds “away from intermittent, higher-cost energy sources toward proven conventional solutions”, in an announcement issued Monday. Continue reading...

Chief minister Aminuddin Harun says he would continue in his post for now, even though he no longer enjoys majority support in the 36-seat state assembly in light of UMNO’s move over his handling of a crisis involving the state’s monarchy.