{"id":2412,"date":"2026-06-19T15:39:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:39:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:39:15","slug":"shares-ease-as-investors-ponder-us-iran-peace-talks-yen-nears-40-year-lows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2412","title":{"rendered":"Shares ease as investors ponder US-Iran peace talks; yen nears 40-year lows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><div><div><ul><li>Summary<\/li><li>Companies<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div><\/div><\/div><div>LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) &#8211; Global shares dipped on Friday after \u200bU.S. and Iranian negotiators called off peace talks, while the risk of official Japanese intervention simmered as the yen traded \u200con the brink of a 40-year low.<\/div><div>The dollar headed towards its strongest weekly gain in a month, mostly at the expense of the yen, which has fallen for five out of the last six weeks to trade close to its weakest since late 1986, prompting a volley of warnings from officials in Tokyo that intervention \u200bis an option.<\/div><div>The MSCI All-World index (.MIWD00000PUS)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> was down 0.15%, having retreated after U.S. Vice President JD Vance pulled out of a planned \u200btrip to meet Iranian negotiators in Switzerland on Friday.<\/div><div>European stocks (.STOXX)<svg><\/svg><span>, opens new tab<\/span> fell 0.12%, paring earlier gains, while U.S. stock futures , \u2060fell between 0.1% and 0.2%. The U.S. stock market was closed on Friday for the Juneteenth holiday.<\/div><div>Oil prices edged below $80 a barrel after Israel \u200band Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday, according to a U.S. official, after an escalation in fighting there jeopardised the chances of \u200ban interim agreement on ending the war in Iran turning into a lasting Middle East peace deal.<\/div><div>Tankers have started sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, which the war effectively closed, after the U.S. lifted its blockade on Iran on Thursday.<\/div><div>&#8220;We concede that there will be a number of ships eager to leave the Gulf&#8217;s warm waters, and \u200bwe think crude will struggle to find its footing amid a flurry of &#8216;open for business&#8217; headlines, and yet we question the durability of \u200bthe deal,&#8221; said analysts at RBC Capital Markets in a note to clients.<\/div><div>&#8220;In the event that the deal holds &#8230; the Hormuz reopening trajectory could resemble something similar \u200cto the \u2060Red Sea, where shipping traffic remains over 50% below pre-crisis levels despite the Houthis signing a deal in May 2025 to end hostilities.&#8221;<\/div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City\" class=\"wp-image-2410\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1e53e132c74d9af05f3714e8796b82bd-1024x683.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1e53e132c74d9af05f3714e8796b82bd-1024x683.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1e53e132c74d9af05f3714e8796b82bd-300x200.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1e53e132c74d9af05f3714e8796b82bd-768x512.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1e53e132c74d9af05f3714e8796b82bd.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div><div><div><\/div><\/div><div><noscript>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A pedestrian runs past a stock quotation board showing the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo\" class=\"wp-image-2411\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14baf2586856f83315fad1865e552120-1024x752.avif\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14baf2586856f83315fad1865e552120-1024x752.avif 1024w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14baf2586856f83315fad1865e552120-300x220.avif 300w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14baf2586856f83315fad1865e552120-768x564.avif 768w, https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/14baf2586856f83315fad1865e552120.avif 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/noscript><\/div><\/div><\/div><button><span><div><svg><\/svg><\/div><\/span><\/button><\/div><div><div>Item 1 of 2 A trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 18, 2026. REUTERS\/Jeenah Moon<\/div><div><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><button><span><svg><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><h2>DOLLAR STRENGTH<\/h2><div>The dollar index traded around 13-month highs, fuelled by a firm pledge from new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh to tackle inflation and ensure price stability. That has prompted traders to assume there will be at least one rate hike this year, compared with a negligible possibility a couple of weeks \u200bago.<\/div><div>The shift in tone from the \u200bFed has hit Treasuries hard. \u2060Two-year yields are nearly 10 basis points higher than they were this time last week, while benchmark 10-year yields have fallen 3 basis points to 4.451%.<\/div><div>That reflects investors pricing in the chances of near-term rate rises, \u200bwhile gaining some confidence that these could prove short-lived given the drop in the oil price.<\/div><div>The cash \u200bU.S. bonds market was \u2060also closed on Friday.<\/div><h2>YEN ON THE BACK-FOOT<\/h2><div>With the dollar in the ascendant, the yen stayed on the back-foot to trade around 161.3 , leaving the U.S. currency at its strongest since last July, and well beyond the 160-threshold that most see as a trigger for Japanese intervention.<\/div><div>The pound was up 0.1% \u2060at $1.321, after \u200ba 0.7% drop the previous day as the Bank of England kept interest  rates on hold in \u200ba 7-2 vote. Labour mayor Andy Burnham won a parliamentary election in the north of England on Friday, removing a key obstacle to a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer.<\/div><div>Multiple British \u200bcabinet members will tell Starmer on Friday to set out a timetable for his departure, the Times reported.<\/div><\/div><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2408\">At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2406\">EU leader Costa\u2019s Kremlin overture exposes divisions over contacts with Russia<\/a><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=2404\">For Vance, Iran talks could shape political rise<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global shares dipped on Friday after \u200bU.S. and Iranian negotiators called off peace talks, while the risk of official Japanese intervention simmered as the yen traded \u200con the brink of a 40-year low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[54],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-stocks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shares ease as investors ponder US-Iran peace talks; 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