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runs past a stock quotation board showing the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, June 18, 2026.    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Brent crude futures dropped 1 per cent on Friday to US$79.03 a barrel, and were down 9.5 per cent for the week.<\/p>\n<p>Share markets have had a blockbuster week. Japan&#8217;s Nikkei gained 0.8 per cent to hit a new record high for the fifth straight session, extending its weekly gain to 8.5 per cent. South Korea jumped 3.1 per cent, adding to its weekly rise of 15.3 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>Mainland China and Hong Kong&#8217;s stock markets are closed for the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. 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Intel&#8217;s shares jumped 10 per cent to a record high after US President Donald Trump said iPhone maker Apple had agreed to work with Intel to design and manufacture its chips in the US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"referenced-card\">\n<h4 class=\"h4 h4--related-block\">\n<div>Related:<\/div>\n<\/h4>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/commentary\/us-iran-deal-mou-nuclear-strait-hormuz-snap-insight-6192801\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--ON3HObkp--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/one-cms\/core\/2026-06-17T142415Z_1_LYNXMPEM5G18H_RTROPTP_3_G7-SUMMIT-TRUMP.JPG?itok=ktVt5PQW\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/commentary\/us-iran-deal-mou-nuclear-strait-hormuz-snap-insight-6192801\"><br \/>\n      <span>Snap Insight: US-Iran MOU is not yet a deal to end the war<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"media-object\">\n<div class=\"media-object__figure\">\n  <a class=\"link\" href=\"\/world\/hormuz-trump-us-iran-deal-tolls-6185171\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--BW_gsnno--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_98,w_175\/fl_relative,g_south_east,l_mediacorp:cna:watermark:2024-04:reuters_1,w_0.1\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/one-cms\/core\/2026-06-15T153433Z_1_LYNXMPEM5E1ED_RTROPTP_3_IRAN-CRISIS-OMAN-HORMUZ.JPG?itok=psemc2cq\"><br \/>\n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"media-object__content\">\n<div class=\"media-object__body\">\n<div class=\"list-object\">\n<h6 class=\"h6 list-object__heading\">\n<a class=\"h6__link list-object__heading-link\" href=\"\/world\/hormuz-trump-us-iran-deal-tolls-6185171\"><br \/>\n      <span>US says Hormuz to be toll-free under Iran deal<\/span><br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  <\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"text-long\">\n<h2>DOLLAR STRENGTH<\/h2>\n<p>The US dollar was on a tear, hovering near a 13-month high on its major peers, after a hawkish turn from the Federal Reserve led markets to price in more than one rate hike this year.<\/p>\n<p>The US dollar index is set for a weekly gain of 1 per cent on Friday at 100.78. That pushed the yen to 161.26 a dollar, the lowest since July 2024 and well beyond the 160 level widely seen as a line in the sand for Japanese intervention.<\/p>\n<p>The British pound was off 0.1 per cent at US$1.3195, after a 0.7 per cent drop overnight as the Bank of England kept interest rates on hold in a 7-2 vote. Greater Manchester mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/world\/starmer-rival-burnham-wins-key-uk-election-which-may-trigger-bid-oust-pm-6194756\">Andy Burnham won an election<\/a> in the north of England on Friday, removing a key obstacle to a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>The dollar&#8217;s strength reflected a sharp repricing of the Fed rate outlook, after nine of 19 officials signalled higher borrowing costs this year when the central bank held rates steady as expected on Wednesday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/world\/warsh-fed-decision-inflation-us-rates-6191166\">New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh<\/a> vowed to deliver price stability.<\/p>\n<p>That hit the short-term Treasuries hard, with two-year US Treasury yields up 9 basis points this week to 4.1790 per cent, but helped longer-dated bonds as investors were relieved by the drop in oil prices and a central bank unmoved by political pressure to cut rates.<\/p>\n<p>Ten-year yields were down 3 basis points to 4.4510 per cent this week, while 30-year yields slumped 7 basis points to 4.9010 per cent, about the lowest in two months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The curve remained notably flatter than before the meeting, reflecting the combination of higher expected policy rates and firmer confidence in the Fed&#8217;s inflation-fighting credibility,&#8221; said Molly Nickolin, a strategist at Morgan Stanley.<\/p>\n<p>The cash Treasuries market is closed in Asia due to the Juneteenth holiday in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Precious metals were under pressure due to a strong dollar. 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