{"id":429766,"date":"2026-04-22T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/04\/investinglive-european-markets-wrap-oil-steady-on-tense-mood-us-futures-also-up-though\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:40:14","slug":"investinglive-european-markets-wrap-oil-steady-on-tense-mood-us-futures-also-up-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/2026\/04\/investinglive-european-markets-wrap-oil-steady-on-tense-mood-us-futures-also-up-though\/","title":{"rendered":"investingLive European markets wrap: Oil steady on tense mood, US futures also up though"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/iran-seizes-attacks-two-cargo-ships-trying-to-cross-strait-of-hormuz-20260422\/\">Iran seizes, attacks two cargo ships trying to cross Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/trump-tweets-on-iran-financial-collapse-want-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz-20260422\/\">Trump tweets on Iran financial &#8220;collapse&#8221;, want to reopen Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/commodities\/oil-prices-jump-on-irans-refusal-for-talks-but-consolidate-on-ceasefire-extension-20260422\/\">Oil prices jump on Iran&#8217;s refusal for talks, but consolidate on ceasefire extension<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/commodities\/gold-bounces-back-from-overnight-lows-as-the-cautious-optimism-holds-20260422\/\">Gold bounces back from overnight lows as the cautious optimism holds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/centralbank\/ecbs-simkus-the-ecb-shouldnt-raise-interest-rates-in-april-20260422\/\">ECB&#8217;s Simkus: The ECB shouldn&#8217;t raise interest rates in April<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/ecb-policymaker-lane-admits-the-euro-cant-replace-us-dollars-role-as-global-safe-haven-20260422\/\">ECB policymaker Lane &#8220;admits&#8221; the euro can&#8217;t replace US dollar&#8217;s role as global safe haven<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/centralbank\/ecb-policymaker-kazks-says-not-in-a-rush-to-make-a-move-on-monetary-policy-20260422\/\">ECB policymaker Kaz\u0101ks says not in a rush to make a move on monetary policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/uk-march-cpi-33-vs-33-yy-expected-20260422\/\">UK March CPI +3.3% vs +3.3% y\/y expected<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WTI crude up 0.5% to $90.03<\/li>\n<li>US dollar little changed across the board on nervous markets<\/li>\n<li>Equities hold on to optimism with S&amp;P 500 futures up 0.6%<\/li>\n<li>European indices more shaky, down slightly around 0.1% to 0.4%<\/li>\n<li>Gold up 0.8% to $4,750, Silver up 1.6% to $78.00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Once again, it is another one of those days where trading conditions in Europe are gripped by the US-Iran conflict. This time, it was more of a case of nervous anticipation and some cautious optimism awaiting talks between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">There&#8217;s still no word about US vice president Vance&#8217;s travel plans as Iran continues to maintain that they won&#8217;t negotiate so long as the US naval blockade remains. In the meantime, Iran&#8217;s military proceeded to attack and seize a couple of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz despite Trump announcing an extension to the ceasefire yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Oil prices remain steady with WTI crude up 0.5% to $90.03 while Brent crude is up 0.7% to $99.15 on the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">Meanwhile, equities are holding on to some optimism with S&amp;P 500 futures keeping up by 0.6%. The mood is helped by a possible rehash in the headlines from Bloomberg during the session, in saying that <a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/iran-reportedly-receives-some-sign-that-the-us-is-ready-to-break-its-naval-blockade-20260422\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"follow\">Iran received &#8216;some sign&#8217; that the US might break its blockade<\/a> on the waterway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">European indices are less enthused, keeping little changed and more mixed on the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">In other markets, the dollar is also keeping a tighter range after a brief drop to the linked headline early in the session. EUR\/USD moved up to 1.1760 before falling back to near flat levels now at 1.1737 on the day. USD\/JPY is also more tepid as it keeps lower by just 0.1% at 159.20 currently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">As for precious metals, we are seeing some modest gains in gold and silver with the former up 0.8% to $4,750 and the latter up 1.6% to $78.00 on the day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-align-justify\">All eyes are on more US-Iran headlines and when we are going to see the next round of talks take place, which likely should be a question of when and not if. That at least if you go by the kind of messaging from US president Trump all week so far.<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headlines: Iran seizes, attacks two cargo ships trying to cross Strait of Hormuz Trump tweets on Iran financial &#8220;collapse&#8221;, want to reopen Strait of Hormuz Oil prices jump on Iran&#8217;s refusal for talks, but consolidate on ceasefire extension Gold bounces back from overnight lows as the cautious optimism holds ECB&#8217;s Simkus: The ECB shouldn&#8217;t raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":216,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-429766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}