REAR VIEW: Hotter-than-expected core CPI M/M bolsters Fed rate hike bets; Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks; Trump reportedly rejected Saudi MBS request to launch strikes against Houthis; White House weighing how to use DPA to expand US refining capacity; Iran plans to hold a regional meeting with Persian gulf countries on Monday in Oman; UoM consumer sentiment falls; IEA OMR revises world 2026 oil demand forecast lower; ORCL earnings beat fails to impress.

Asian stocks fell Thursday as oil prices extended gains a day after breaking the psychological $100 barrier on the back of resurgent Middle East hostilities that have fanned…

VIX at 17 is wrong... S&P 7600 is key, WTI tops $100, VVIX hits 100, Mrs. Watanabe battling Bessent...