{"id":434812,"date":"2026-07-27T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/investinglive-european-session-wrap-oil-stumbles-as-markets-cling-on-to-us-iran-de-escalation-hopes-434812\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T18:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:52:28","slug":"investinglive-european-session-wrap-oil-stumbles-as-markets-cling-on-to-us-iran-de-escalation-hopes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/market-news\/investinglive-european-session-wrap-oil-stumbles-as-markets-cling-on-to-us-iran-de-escalation-hopes-434812\/","title":{"rendered":"investingLive European session wrap: Oil stumbles as markets cling on to US-Iran de-escalation hopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Headlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/market-update-today-and-what-may-be-interesting-to-trade\" rel=\"follow\">Market update today and what may be interesting to trade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/commodities\/oil-prices-fall-as-expectations-for-de-escalation-strengthen-after-the-us-halted-strikes-on-iran\" rel=\"follow\">Oil prices fall as expectations for de-escalation strengthen after the US halted strikes on Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/a-case-of-us-iran-deja-vu-for-markets\" rel=\"follow\">A case of US-Iran d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu for markets?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/stocks\/big-tech-earnings-in-focus-in-wall-street-this-week\" rel=\"follow\">Big tech earnings in focus in Wall Street this week<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/central-banks\/ecb-policymaker-zigman-says-september-decision-will-be-based-on-data-and-projections\" rel=\"follow\">ECB policymaker \u017digman says September decision will be based on data and projections<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/central-banks\/ecb-policymaker-kazimir-says-at-least-one-more-rate-hike-will-be-needed\" rel=\"follow\">ECB policymaker Kazimir says at least one more rate hike will be needed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/japan-must-exit-excessively-tight-fiscal-policy-says-prime-minister-takaichi\" rel=\"follow\">Japan must exit excessively tight fiscal policy, says prime minister Takaichi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/germany-july-ifo-business-climate-index-vs-86-0-expected\" rel=\"follow\">Germany business sentiment rises further and by more than expected in July &#8211; Ifo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/investinglive.com\/news\/uk-retailers-report-smallest-downturn-in-sales-in-six-months-during-july-cbi\" rel=\"follow\">UK retailers report smallest downturn in sales in six months during July &#8211; CBI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Markets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WTI crude down 6.7% to $83.30, Brent crude down 7.5% to $89.45<\/li>\n<li>European equities gain; S&amp;P 500 futures up 0.9%<\/li>\n<li>CHF leads, USD lags on the day<\/li>\n<li>10-year Treasury yields down 4.5 bps to 4.63%<\/li>\n<li>Gold up 1.1% to $4,097<\/li>\n<li>Bitcoin up 0.7% to $65,090<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Markets are breathing a sigh of relief as the US and Iran put a pause on military strikes, giving hope for a potential path to resume nuclear talks. There&#8217;s still no guarantee for now, but hopes for de-escalation are helping to provide some reprieve for broader markets to start the new week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Despite the Strait of Hormuz still being closed, oil prices opened sharply lower with WTI crude down by nearly 7% to $83.30 on the day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">With that, broader markets are seeing a more consistent risk positive reaction with the US dollar falling alongside bond yields. EUR\/USD is up 0.2% to 1.1390-00 with large expiries at 1.1400 keeping things in check for now. Meanwhile, USD\/JPY is down 0.2% to 163.58 in buying a breather for Japan&#8217;s ministry of finance. This comes 10-year Treasury yields fall by 4.5 bps to 4.63%.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">In the equities space, European indices are cheering the risk optimism with the DAX leading gains in trading up by 1.6%. The CAC 40 is up 1.0% with it being all green on the screen for regional indices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">US futures are also benefiting from this with big tech earnings eyed later in the week. S&amp;P 500 futures are up 0.9% with Nasdaq futures up 1.4% in eyeing a rebound from the drop on Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Elsewhere, gold is seen up 1.1% to $4,097 with silver up 1.5% to $59 again as the back and forth dance continues for precious metals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">Looking ahead this week, there will be much to play for with major central bank decisions, US earnings, and month-end shenanigans all in the picture alongside US-Iran developments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\" class=\"text-align-justify\">\n<\/p>\n<p>                            This article was written by Justin Low at investinglive.com.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headlines: Market update today and what may be interesting to trade Oil prices fall as expectations for de-escalation strengthen after the US halted strikes on Iran A case of US-Iran d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu&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-434812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434812","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=434812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/434812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=434812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swingfish.trade\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=434812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}