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Japan stocks slide as renewed U.S.-Iran strikes lift oil; Nikkei drops 2.95% to 64,254.56
Japanese stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after renewed U.S.-Iran military strikes pushed oil prices higher and stoked worries about economic growth. The Nikkei 225 ended down 2.95% at 64,254.56, while the Topix fell 2.37%. Higher government bond yields weighed on growth shares, with tech and chip-related names under pressure and SoftBank Group down more than 6%. Defensive drugmakers bucked the decline and rose.
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Oil jumps after U.S. strikes Iranian tankers, lifting WTI to $91.05 and Brent to $95.68
After the U.S. targeted Iranian tankers, the risk of supply disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz increased, pushing WTI and Brent to $91.05 and $95.68, respectively. Both benchmarks have risen by about $5 since hostilities between the two countries resumed. API data showed U.S. crude inventories fell by 2.6 million barrels, while another 3.1 million barrels were released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to support commercial stocks.
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