Stephen Carroll

Currently, Brent crude futures up by 7.2%, $78.12 the barrel.

We have also seen U.S.

stock futures jump this morning.

Stock futures slumping 1% for the S&P 500.

US stocks 50 futures also down by 1.7%.

The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index down by 1.6% given this major conflict in the Middle East.

In terms of energy, shipping, defence stocks, they've all jumped higher.

Airline and hotel stocks have dropped.

The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index is up by 0.4% and safe haven assets including gold and silver have also surged.

Bullion currently

is up by 1.9%.

And will it also mean a surge in treasuries?

10-year treasury yields this morning at 3.96%, up by one and a half basis points.

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