Oil prices climbed sharply on Friday, ending the week at their highest levels in nearly six months as attacks on Saudi Arabian infrastructure and reports of an oil spill in the United Arab Emirates raised fresh concerns about Middle Eastern energy supplies. Brent crude, the international benchmark, settled at $116.72 a barrel, gaining $3.55, or…
Bitcoin struggled to regain momentum on Friday as weakness in technology stocks, rising oil prices, and uncertainty about US interest rates made investors more cautious about riskier assets. The world’s largest cryptocurrency traded around $81,900 early Friday in the United States, extending a difficult stretch for a market that has spent much of the past…
October 24, 2026 | US Stock Market Wall Street had a rough finish to the week on Friday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing nearly 653 points as another jump in oil prices gave investors fresh reasons to worry about inflation and interest rates. The Dow closed at 52,215.16, down 1.23%, while the S&P…