Asia-Pacific markets looked set to fall Thursday as investors grappled with volatile oil prices and escalating tensions in the Middle East.

The price of crude has surged above $100 on concerns about shortages due to supply disruptions.

Asia-Pacific markets looked set to fall Thursday as investors grappled with volatile oil prices and escalating tensions in the Middle East.

SYDNEY: Shares in Asia fell broadly on Thursday as oil prices roared 9 percent past $100 a barrel on reports of more ships struck in Gulf waters and terminal shutdowns — a jump…

Energy markets remain on tenterhooks as the prospect of prolonged war in the Middle East grows.

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks slumped on Friday, poised for a second straight weekly decline as fast-dwindling hopes of a resolution to the US and Israel’s war with Iran kept oil…