Global markets

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Middle East tensions increased on Wednesday, as Iran threatened to blockade the Red Sea should the United States continue its blockade of Iranian ports. It’s believed that Iran would rely on regional allies […] Read more

Reading Time: 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Four commercial vessels travelling to or from Iran passed through the Strait of Hormuz without repercussions on Tuesday, after United States President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of Iranian ports. Trump imposed the […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Crude oil prices were back on the rise Monday morning, after the United States and Iran failed to reached an agreement over the weekend during talks in Pakistan. The nearby contracts for West […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada’s unemployment rate held steady at 6.7 per cent in March, reported Statistics Canada, with the country adding 14,000 jobs. Annual inflation in the United States jumped to 3.3 per cent in March from 2.4 per cent the […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia —The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz was at less than 10 per cent of normal volumes on Thursday, as the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran remained shaky. Vessels must co-ordinate with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.      – The United States, Israel and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, hours before the U.S. were to launch a large-scale attack on Iran. One of the terms of the 10-point plan brokered by Pakistan […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. As a deadline looms for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, United States President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform Tuesday morning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Canada’s merchandise trade deficit widened to C$5.7 billion in February from C$4.2 billion the previous month, marking the largest deficit since August 2025, reported Statistics Canada. Imports were up 8.4 per cent on the month to a record […] Read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Crude oil prices were sharply higher on Thursday morning, following the televised address by United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening. Trump did not say when the Middle East war could be […] Read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The presidents of the United States and Iran have indicated there could be an end to the Middle East war. President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Tuesday that Iran has “the necessary will” to […] Read more