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Asia-Pacific markets stay cautious as stock futures hold steady, with focus on Middle East developments and oil price movement

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ASIAN STOCKS ARE POISED TO PULL BACK FROM RECORD HIGHS AS RENEWED US-IRAN CLASHES SHATTER THE FRAGILE CEASEFIRE — DRIVING BRENT CRUDE ABOVE $114 PER BARREL NEAR A FOUR-YEAR HIGH, PUSHING LONG-TERM US TREASURY YIELDS PAST 5% ON RATE-HIKE BETS, AND THREATENING TO STALL THE TECH-LED RALLY AS HORMUZ TENSIONS WEIGH ON GLOBAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC STABILITY.

GOLD FELL ROUGHLY 2% TO NEAR $4,516 AS ESCALATING STRAIT OF HORMUZ TENSIONS AND ONGOING US-IRAN EXCHANGES KEPT OIL PRICES ELEVATED, FUELING INFLATION FEARS. RISING ENERGY COSTS ARE LIFTING THE RISK OF FED RATE HIKES — STRENGTHENING THE DOLLAR AND WEIGHING ON BULLION — DESPITE THE PERSISTENT GEOPOLITICAL UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDING DONALD TRUMP'S ACTIONS IN THE REGION.

THE FLARE-UP—INCLUDING US-IRAN EXCHANGES AND THREATS FROM DONALD TRUMP—HAS INTENSIFIED CONCERNS OVER PROLONGED ENERGY DISRUPTION, TESTING WHETHER EQUITY MARKET RESILIENCE CAN WITHSTAND SUSTAINED GEOPOLITICAL SHOCKS.

TRUMP TELLS FOX NEWS: IRAN NOW MORE MALLEABLE IN TALKS || US HAS MORE AMMO THAN BEFORE || BASES STOCKED WITH EQUIPMENT

IRANIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS REJECT CLAIM FROM US NAVY THAT SMALL IRANIAN BOATS WERE SUNK, AS REPORTED BY IRANIAN STATE TV.

UAE STATES IRANIAN ATTACKS ARE A SIGNIFICANT ESCALATION AND PRESENT A DIRECT THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, ACCORDING TO THE FOREIGN MINISTRY.

BAHRAIN HAS INITIATED A STATE OF ALERT DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE ATTACK.

IRAN ATTACKED COMMERCIAL AND U.S. MILITARY SHIPS WITH CRUISE MISSILES, ACCORDING TO A U.S. ADMIRAL.

U.S. ADMIRAL URGES IRANIAN FORCES TO STEER CLEAR OF AMERICAN MILITARY ASSETS.

U.S. FORCES DESTROYED SIX SMALL IRANIAN BOATS TRYING TO DISRUPT COMMERCIAL SHIPPING, SAYS U.S. ADMIRAL.

IRAN TRIED BUT FAILED TO ATTACK COMMERCIAL SHIPPING, U.S. ADMIRAL REPORTS.

A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IN NORTHERN OMAN WAS ATTACKED, INJURING TWO EXPATS MODERATELY, ACCORDING TO THE STATE NEWS AGENCY.

US HAS ESTABLISHED A ROUTE IN HORMUZ FOR UNHINDERED NAVIGATION, SAYS COOPER.

IRANIAN STATE MEDIA SAYS A HIGH-RANKING MILITARY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCED THERE ARE NO INTENTIONS TO ATTACK THE UAE.

ZELENSKIY DECLARES A CEASEFIRE WITH RUSSIA IS NOT POSSIBLE.

BRENT OIL RISES ABOVE $114 AFTER UAE REPORTS IRAN'S STRIKES ON FUJAIRAH.

IRAN DRONE ATTACK SETS OFF FIRE IN OIL INDUSTRY AREA IN FUJAIRAH.