Author name: Commodities Market Writer

Rising prices for care and managing chronic conditions helped drive up the forecast.

Turkish Airlines is exploring more acquisition opportunities as it looks to expand its global reach.

Japanese insurance firms bought the most super-long government bonds in three years last month, adding to signs that demand from a key buyer is stabilizing.

Iron ore fell for a second day as deteriorating profit margins at Chinese steel mills and continued US-Iran hostilities clouded the demand outlook.

Brent could rally to more than $120 a barrel by the fourth quarter if disruptions of the Strait of Hormuz persist, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc., although that’s not the bank’s base case.

The rupee is also under strain, with slowing debt inflows coinciding with renewed foreign selling in stocks.

The momentum trade carried along by the equity rally is faltering, while optimistic earnings expectations are under intense scrutiny, two of the signs pointing to a volatile summer.

Prologis Inc. has increased its outline bid to buy Segro Plc to £13.5 billion ($18.2 billion) and offered a series of sweeteners as it seeks to tempt shareholders after the UK landlord’s board rejected the latest terms.