{"id":20426,"date":"2026-08-17T17:07:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20426"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:07:37","slug":"stocks-lower-as-hormuz-concerns-and-high-oil-prices-persist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=20426","title":{"rendered":"Stocks lower as Hormuz concerns and high oil prices persist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p>Global stocks mostly slipped Monday as lack of progress on opening the Straits of Hormuz outweighed expectations that the Federal Reserve will not raise US interest rates anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices edged higher as the United States and Iran showed no signs of reaching a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic after nearly six months of war, even though Monday is in theory the day a US-Iran ceasefire expires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraders continue to keep an eye on the US-Iran standoff,\u201d said David Morrison, analyst at\u00a0Trade\u00a0Nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ongoing diplomatic gridlock between Washington and Tehran over transit through the Strait of Hormuz has kept crude prices elevated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In early trading in New York, the Dow and the wider S&amp;amp;P 500 \u2014 which hit an all-time high last Thursday \u2014 were marginally lower while the tech-heavy Nasdaq, whose members are spending heavily on AI and are sensitive to interest rates, was slightly higher.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In midafternoon European trading London, Paris and Frankfurt were all lower.<\/p>\n<p>Still, fading expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise rates and confidence that the United States and Iran will step back from the brink have kept a floor under equity prices, which have largely risen so far this August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market has been able to maintain some hope in the notion that diplomacy will prevail and that oil prices won\u2019t be a trigger for a global recession,\u201d said Patrick J. O\u2019Hare, an analyst at Briefing.com.<\/p>\n<p>Tehran fired back on Saturday at US President Donald Trump\u2019s claim that he would soon declare the Hormuz strait part of US territory, saying the crucial energy waterway \u201cwill remain Iranian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it got in the way of a US-Iran deal.<\/p>\n<p>On the corporate front, attention now turns to the release of earnings this week from retail titans Walmart, Home Depot and Target, which could give a clearer view of sentiment among American consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Recent statistics have pointed to a weakening US labour market and slower US consumer spending, but even poor results from the top retailers could help the US stock market, said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, analyst at Swissquote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cResults pointing to weaker domestic consumption could further tame inflation worries, help ease Fed hike bets and hence put downward pressure on US yields. That would be a positive development for the major US indices, heavy in technology,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In Asia, Hong Kong was lifted by tech giants Alibaba, Tencent and JD.com, while Shanghai and Taipei were also up. Seoul was closed for a holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo advanced as the chipmaker Kioxia soared more than 15 percent, while SoftBank, Advantest and Tokyo Electron rose between 1.6 and 2.6 percent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dollar continued to slip against major currencies after dropping on Friday in reaction to the latest economic data.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Key figures at around 1340 GMT \u2013<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 DOW: DOWN 0.3 percent at 53,557.33 points<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 S&amp;amp;P 500: DOWN 0.1 percent at 7,777.01\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York \u2013 Nasdaq Composite: UP 0.1 percent at 26,754.25<\/p>\n<p>London \u2013 FTSE 100: DOWN 0.2 percent at 10,727.79\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paris \u2013 CAC 40: DOWN 0.6 percent at 8,594.94<\/p>\n<p>Frankfurt \u2013 DAX: DOWN 0.3 percent at 26,374.88<\/p>\n<p>Tokyo \u2013 Nikkei 225: UP 0.7 percent at 69,220.25 (close)<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong \u2013 Hang Seng Index: UP 1.3 percent at 25,453.23 (close)<\/p>\n<p>Shanghai \u2013 Composite: UP 1.4 percent at 3,982.65 (close)<\/p>\n<p>Brent North Sea Crude: UP 0.3 percent at $88.78 per barrel<\/p>\n<p>West Texas Intermediate: UP 0.1 percent at $82.48 per barrel<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/dollar: UP at $1.1597 from $1.1567 on Friday<\/p>\n<p>Pound\/dollar: UP at $1.3561 from $1.3535<\/p>\n<p>Dollar\/yen: DOWN at 159.27 yen from 159.38 yen<\/p>\n<p>Euro\/pound: UP at 85.52 pence from 85.46 pence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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