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neutral French President: We will confront those who spread chaos and prevent peaceful protesters from expressing their demands.

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The warning raises a modest risk premium around French domestic stability, potentially weighing on French equities and the euro if demonstrations broaden or disrupt activity. Its firm-but-reassuring tone may limit the damage, and without evidence of escalation it does not materially alter the prevailing late-cycle, risk-neutral backdrop.

neutral French President: There is no place for violence in our republic. Those who attacked shops and municipalities will be prosecuted and punished.

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The remarks may marginally reassure investors about institutional control and reduce perceived disruption risk, but they do not introduce new fiscal, security, or economic measures. With no indication of wider escalation, the effect on French equities, the euro, and broader markets should remain limited.

bullish | Lebanese President: We want to extend UNIFIL's mandate in any way that guarantees an international presence in the south of the country.

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A durable monitoring arrangement could reduce the risk of renewed Israel–Hezbollah escalation, trimming the geopolitical premium in oil and supporting regional risk assets. The signal is modestly stabilizing rather than a major surprise, as international involvement remains contingent on consent and enforcement mechanisms.

neutral Lebanese President: Our military delegation will participate in the tripartite meeting in Tampa, Florida next Tuesday

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Maintaining a direct security channel may modestly reduce near-term escalation risk along the Israel–Lebanon border, offering slight relief to regional risk premia and oil markets. The lack of a concrete agreement or de-escalation measure makes the signal limited, especially with geopolitical tensions already elevated.

bearish Lebanese President: Israel has not adhered to the framework agreement reached under US auspices

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The dispute raises the risk of renewed cross-border hostilities, adding a regional risk premium to oil and safe-haven currencies while supporting defense contractors. It reinforces the regime’s already elevated geopolitical risk rather than creating a broad macro shock, unless followed by confirmed military escalation.

bearish AFP: 800,000 people participated in protests against the high cost of living in France

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The unrest raises France’s fiscal and political-risk premium by increasing pressure for subsidies, wage support, or weaker austerity, potentially weighing on the euro and domestically exposed financials. It reinforces the prevailing late-cycle, sticky-inflation narrative rather than delivering a major surprise; sustained disruption or costly concessions would be needed for a larger market move.

bearish Netanyahu's office criticizes a "smear campaign" targeting Israel in the wake of settler attacks.

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The dispute raises diplomatic and sanctions risk around Israel, potentially pressuring the shekel and adding to the broader Middle East risk premium. Its market effect is limited unless it triggers new violence, external policy action, or disruption to regional energy routes; it reinforces the regime’s already elevated geopolitical risk rather than creating a major new shock.

neutral Russian Ministry of Defense: We shot down 30 Ukrainian drones today in various parts of the country and in the Black Sea.

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The reported interception signals continued military pressure but does not, by itself, imply new damage to energy infrastructure or a material change in the conflict’s trajectory. It marginally reinforces geopolitical and European risk premia, though the market impact should remain limited unless attacks broaden or disrupt oil and gas flows.

neutral Palestinian Red Crescent: A Palestinian man was injured by Israeli occupation forces in the Wadi al-Hummus area, southeast of Bethlehem.

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The isolated incident adds marginal geopolitical risk but does not materially change regional supply, shipping, or diplomatic conditions, so it is unlikely to affect oil, yields, or broad risk appetite. It is consistent with already elevated tensions rather than a meaningful escalation beyond prevailing expectations.

bearish 53 airstrikes targeted Sana'a, Taiz, Ibb, Lahj, Sa'dah, and Amran in the past 24 hours

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The escalation raises the risk of wider Red Sea disruption, lifting crude, freight, and insurance premia while pressuring airlines, importers, and global trade. In a late-cycle, stagflation-risk regime with oil already elevated, it reinforces inflation and yields rather than the easing narrative, despite slowing growth; defense equities may benefit.

bearish Iraqi government statement: Al-Zaidi orders the formation of an investigation committee regarding the explosion of an ammunition depot inside a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in Baghdad

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The investigation could either limit retaliation risk or expose a foreign-attribution narrative, with the latter threatening further militia–state escalation and adding a modest geopolitical premium to oil and regional risk assets. Given already elevated tensions around Hormuz, the event is mildly negative but not yet a major global-market shock without evidence of broader involvement.

bearish Hegseth: China is carrying out its largest military buildup in the Pacific.

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The warning reinforces elevated geopolitical risk and can lift defense spending expectations, energy-security premiums, and demand for safe-haven assets while pressuring China- and Asia-exposed equities. In a late-cycle, stagflation-risk regime with already high oil and restrictive rates, any escalation concern is more damaging because it can raise risk premia and inflation expectations without improving growth.

bearish US Secretary of Defense: We are ready to deter any attempt to change the status quo in the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean

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The warning raises the risk of a US–China military or economic confrontation, potentially pressuring Asian equities, semiconductors, shipping and regional trade while supporting safe-haven demand for the dollar and defense stocks. It reinforces the regime’s elevated geopolitical risk, but the absence of announced action limits the immediate market shock.

bearish Yemeni Foreign Minister: The Tehran regime is a party to the war on Yemenis, not a mediator.

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The accusation raises the perceived risk of wider Iran-linked escalation around Yemen and Red Sea shipping, supporting oil and defense stocks while pressuring global risk assets and transport-sensitive sectors. It largely confirms the regime’s already elevated geopolitical-risk backdrop, so the market effect should be limited unless followed by attacks, sanctions, or disruption to maritime traffic.

bearish AFP, citing the Romanian Ministry of Defense: We shot down two drones that violated our airspace over our territorial waters in the Black Sea.

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The incident raises NATO–Russia miscalculation risk in the Black Sea, adding a modest risk premium to European assets and potentially supporting defense-sector equities. It reinforces the regime’s elevated geopolitical backdrop, but the limited, contained nature of the event should cap broader market damage unless casualties or further cross-border escalation follow.

bearish French Prime Minister: We will not allow any political agenda to be imposed through violence in the country

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The warning signals elevated domestic political risk and could weigh modestly on French assets if unrest escalates into strikes, disruption, or a government-confidence challenge. With growth already slowing and geopolitical risk elevated, markets are likely to treat this as a downside tail risk rather than a regime-changing shock absent evidence of broader disorder.

bearish Pakistani media, citing a security source: The army targeted an Afghan site and destroyed a Taliban camp.

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The reported cross-border strike raises the risk of renewed Pakistan–Afghanistan clashes, disruption along key trade routes, and a broader regional security premium. In an already late-cycle, inflation-sensitive regime, escalation could support oil and safe-haven demand while pressuring Pakistani assets and regional equities; the immediate market effect should remain limited unless retaliation or sustained border closures follows.

bearish Pakistani media, citing a security source: The army responded to gunfire from Afghan Taliban forces on the border.

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Renewed Pakistan–Afghanistan border fire raises regional security and trade-disruption risk, with potential spillovers into transport, defense, and energy corridors. The incident reinforces an already elevated geopolitical backdrop but is not yet a broad macro shock absent casualties, sustained escalation, or disruption to Pakistani supply routes; higher oil and a firmer USD could marginally pressure risk assets.

bearish One member of Popular Mobilization Forces killed, four wounded in blast at headquarters: security and medical sources

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The incident raises the risk of retaliatory action and broader militia-state escalation, potentially lifting regional risk premia and adding support to already-high oil prices. Its limited casualty count and lack of attribution make the immediate market impact modest, though it reinforces the prevailing elevated-geopolitical-risk regime.

bearish UKMTO: Skiff fired two shots at tanker, armed security team fired two warning shots forcing small craft to change course

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Another security incident near a critical energy route raises the risk premium on crude, tanker insurance and freight, reinforcing the regime’s existing Hormuz-escalation threat. Higher oil and shipping costs would pressure transport and consumer sectors while supporting energy producers; the limited escalation keeps the immediate shock contained but adds to already elevated geopolitical risk.

bearish UKMTO: lng tanker reports approach by small skiff with seven onboard

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The incident adds a modest security premium to LNG freight and regional energy prices, with repeated disruptions potentially worsening inflation and delaying rate relief. With no confirmed attack, damage, or chokepoint closure, it largely reinforces—not materially surprises—the regime’s elevated Gulf-risk backdrop; LNG shippers and exposed energy importers are most sensitive.

bearish UKMTO reports incident 140nm southeast of Al Mukalla, Yemen

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The incident raises Red Sea shipping, insurance, and rerouting costs while adding a modest risk premium to crude, pressuring global trade, airlines, and importers but benefiting tanker and energy exposures. With geopolitical risk already elevated and oil rising, it reinforces the prevailing risk backdrop rather than representing a major surprise absent confirmed damage or disruption.

neutral Bank of England: Governor Bailey among delegates who walked out of IMF meeting in protest at Russian delegate

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The incident reinforces geopolitical fragmentation but has no immediate implications for UK fiscal policy, monetary expectations, trade flows, or financial stability. Given already elevated geopolitical risk, it is more symbolic than a meaningful surprise for sterling, European equities, or broader risk assets.

bearish Iraqi security source: Several members of the Popular Mobilization Forces injured following an explosion that occurred inside a PMF headquarters east of Baghdad

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The incident adds a modest risk premium to Iraqi and broader Middle East assets, with potential upside for oil prices if it signals expanding Iran-linked militia conflict or threatens energy infrastructure. Its limited scale does not yet imply a material supply disruption, so it only marginally reinforces the regime’s existing geopolitical and inflation risks.

bearish Israeli drone strike on Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City

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The strike reinforces elevated regional risk and could intensify concerns over wider Middle East escalation, keeping oil and geopolitical risk premia elevated. In an already stagflation-prone regime with restrictive policy, higher energy costs can pressure equities and bonds while supporting defense assets and the USD.

bearish Israeli Foreign Minister condemns settler attack on European diplomatic delegation in the West Bank

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The incident raises the risk of European diplomatic pressure, sanctions, and further West Bank escalation, adding to Israel’s geopolitical risk premium and potentially supporting safe-haven demand for the dollar. The foreign minister’s condemnation may contain the immediate market reaction, but it reinforces an already elevated geopolitical-risk backdrop rather than creating a major new macro shock.

bearish Saudi Arabia: We intercepted and destroyed 4 drones in the past few hours in the Riyadh, Eastern and Southern regions

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The incident reinforces elevated Gulf security risk, raising the probability premium in crude, tanker insurance and regional logistics while adding to already restrictive inflation and rates pressure. Energy and defense may outperform, but airlines, transport and broader risk assets face higher input costs; it is consistent with the current Hormuz-escalation bias rather than a wholly new shock.

bearish Yemeni government forces: We carried out 1,417 targeting operations against the Houthi militia as part of Operation Dawn of Yemen within 24 hours.

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The unusually high operational tempo signals a sharp escalation around Yemen and the Red Sea, raising risks to shipping, insurance costs, and energy flows. In an already stagflation-prone regime with oil rising and geopolitical risk elevated, markets would likely favor crude and defense while pressuring transport, cyclicals, and risk-sensitive currencies; it also reinforces the case for restrictive rates rather than near-term easing.

bearish Fars News Agency: An explosion was heard moments ago in the Kuhstak area and parts of the city of Sirik in the south of the country.

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The location in southern Iran raises concern about further escalation around the Strait of Hormuz, potentially adding an oil-supply and shipping-risk premium while pushing yields and inflation expectations higher. That is particularly negative for rate-sensitive equities in an already stagflationary regime, though the unconfirmed and localized nature of the report limits the immediate market impact.

bearish Iranian Navy: The Strait of Hormuz is closed and countries must coordinate with our forces to ensure safe passage.

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A sustained disruption to the world’s key oil chokepoint would sharply lift crude, shipping and insurance costs while reigniting inflation expectations, pressuring global equities, airlines, transport and rate-sensitive sectors. It intensifies the regime’s existing stagflation risk and could force central banks to keep policy restrictive despite slowing growth; energy producers and safe-haven USD assets would likely outperform.

bearish Iranian Navy: We spotted a violating oil tanker that stopped moving after a fire broke out on board in the Sea of Oman.

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A tanker fire near the Strait of Hormuz raises fresh risks to shipping, insurance costs, and oil flows, reinforcing the regime’s existing supply-disruption and inflation pressures. Higher crude and freight prices could lift energy stocks but weigh on airlines, transport, and rate-sensitive equities; the event appears escalationary rather than a new easing catalyst.

bearish Israeli occupation forces arrest two young men from the town of Jabatha al-Khashab in the Quneitra countryside after incursions into the area.

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The arrests modestly reinforce elevated regional-risk premia and could add to concerns about further Israeli-Syrian escalation, but they do not by themselves threaten oil infrastructure, shipping routes, or regional energy supply. Against a regime already sensitive to Hormuz tensions and high oil, the event is incremental rather than a major new market shock.

bearish Yemeni government forces: We attacked Houthi militia positions and fortifications on the southeastern fronts of Al-Jawf Governorate

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The localized escalation raises the risk premium around Red Sea shipping and regional security, potentially supporting oil and safe-haven demand while pressuring transport and risk-sensitive assets. Its inland location and limited immediate threat to energy infrastructure make the move modest, though it reinforces the regime’s already elevated geopolitical and inflation risks.

bearish Yemeni government forces: We are engaged in fierce battles against the Houthi militia in Al-Jawf Governorate

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Renewed fighting raises risks to Red Sea shipping and nearby energy infrastructure, potentially lifting freight, insurance, and oil costs while reinforcing the regime’s existing inflationary pressure. The escalation is bearish for transport and broad risk assets, and could further delay rate relief if it produces a sustained energy or supply-chain shock.

neutral HUNGARY PM MAGYAR SAYS HE WILL PRESENT 2027 BUDGET IN PARLIAMENT ON MONDAY

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The announcement itself adds no fiscal information, so immediate market impact should be limited; attention will center on deficit targets, tax measures and EU-funds assumptions when details emerge. In the current restrictive-rate and slowing-growth backdrop, an expansionary budget could pressure Hungarian bonds and the forint, while credible consolidation would support them.

bearish UKMTO: LNG TANKER REPORTS SMALL SKIFF FIRED TWO SHOTS AT IT

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The incident reinforces elevated maritime-security risk around a critical energy corridor, potentially lifting LNG, oil, freight and insurance costs while worsening already-sticky inflation expectations. It confirms the regime’s Hormuz-escalation risk rather than providing a new easing catalyst, supporting defensive assets and keeping pressure on yields and rate-sensitive equities.

bearish UKMTO GETS REPORT OF INCIDENT SOUTHEAST OF YEMEN

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An unconfirmed maritime incident southeast of Yemen raises Red Sea shipping and insurance-risk premia, potentially lifting freight costs and oil if disruption spreads. That would reinforce the prevailing stagflationary backdrop—higher inflation and yields despite slowing growth—while energy producers may outperform broader equities.

bearish MACKLEM SEES HIGHER RISK OF BROAD INFLATION FROM OIL PRICES

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The Bank of Canada governor’s warning raises the odds that an oil shock becomes embedded in core inflation, reducing room for rate cuts even as growth slows. It reinforces the regime’s hawkish-yields backdrop, pressuring rate-sensitive equities and supporting the Canadian dollar while benefiting energy producers.

bullish MACKLEM SAYS CANADA GOT INVESTMENT BOOST FROM HIGH OIL PRICES

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Higher oil prices are supporting Canadian business investment and improving the external balance, benefiting energy producers and the Canadian dollar. However, in a stagflationary regime this growth impulse is tempered by elevated inflation and restrictive rates, limiting the broader market upside.

neutral MACKLEM SAYS HIGH OIL PRICES BENEFITING CANADA GROWTH

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Higher energy export revenues support Canada’s trade balance, corporate cash flows, and the Canadian dollar, while elevated fuel costs reinforce inflation pressure and could delay Bank of Canada easing, weighing on rate-sensitive sectors. The message largely confirms the prevailing high-oil/Hormuz regime rather than providing a major surprise.

bearish CHINA CENTRAL BANK CHIEF SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE IMF IN STRENGTHENING SURVEILLANCE OVER FISCAL RISKS IN MAJOR ADVANCED ECONOMIES AND THEIR SPILLOVER EFFECTS

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The comments reinforce concerns that elevated sovereign borrowing could keep bond term premiums and global funding costs high, weighing on rate-sensitive equities and emerging-market assets while supporting safe-haven currencies. They largely confirm the prevailing fiscal-risk narrative rather than introduce a major new policy surprise, so the immediate market impact should be limited.

bullish CHINA CENTRAL BANK CHIEF SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM AND OPPOSES ALL FORMS OF PROTECTIONIST MEASURES

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The statement modestly reduces fears of further tariff escalation, supporting Chinese and export-exposed equities while potentially easing safe-haven demand for the dollar. Its market impact is limited because it offers no concrete trade concessions and only partially offsets the regime’s elevated geopolitical and stagflation risks.

bearish TOURIST OFFICE BUILDING SET ABLAZE IN FRENCH CITY OF LYON ON THE MARGINS OF PROTESTS OVER RISING COST OF LIVING - BFMTV

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The incident adds a marginal risk premium to French assets by highlighting social instability amid persistent cost pressures, with any broader market effect dependent on escalation or disruption to tourism and commerce. It is consistent with the prevailing late-cycle, stagflation-risk backdrop rather than a major new surprise; EUR exposure is more relevant than individual equities.

neutral EGYPTIAN, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET ON MIDDLE EAST CRISIS

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The diplomatic contact modestly raises the prospect of de-escalation, potentially reducing the risk premium in oil, shipping, and regional assets. However, with Hormuz tensions already lifting yields and oil in this stagflationary regime, a ministerial meeting is only a weak signal unless followed by concrete measures.

neutral MUSK SAYS HE 'KINDA GOT CARRIED AWAY' AT WHITE HOUSE: AXIOS

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The conciliatory tone may reduce near-term political and reputational risk around Tesla, but it does not materially change the late-cycle macro backdrop or the company’s fundamentals. Any market response is likely limited unless the episode develops into policy consequences, regulatory scrutiny, or a broader rupture with the administration.

bearish MUSK SAYS HE SHOULD'VE GONE BACK SOONER TO FOCUS ON AI: AXIOS

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The admission highlights execution and governance risk at Tesla after prolonged management distraction, while renewed attention could support its autonomous-driving and AI ambitions over time. In an expensive, late-cycle market, investors are likely to focus first on delayed delivery and whether additional leadership focus can translate into near-term results.

neutral MUSK SAYS HE WAS GONE FOR TOO LONG FROM HIS COMPANIES: AXIOS

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A potential return of management attention could modestly improve execution and investor confidence at Tesla, but the comment offers no concrete operational change and leaves governance and distraction concerns unresolved. The broader market effect is limited, with implications concentrated in Musk-linked equities rather than macro assets.

neutral MUSK CLAIMS AI, ROBOTS ONLY WAY TO FIX NATIONAL DEBT

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The claim reinforces a long-term productivity narrative that could support automation and AI valuations, but it offers no near-term fiscal remedy; with growth slowing, inflation sticky, and rates restrictive, markets are likely to discount it heavily. Potential beneficiaries are AI, robotics, and semiconductor equities, while higher long-run productivity could modestly ease debt sustainability and inflation concerns.

bearish EGYPT READY TO DEFEND SAUDI ARABIA IF NEEDED, SISI SAYS

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An expanded Egypt–Saudi security alignment raises the perceived risk of a wider regional conflict, potentially threatening oil flows and lifting energy prices, inflation expectations, and safe-haven demand for the dollar. Because Hormuz tensions are already embedded in the regime, this is more confirmation than a fresh shock unless Cairo moves from deterrence to direct military involvement.

bearish IRAN'S IRGC SAYS ANOTHER OIL TANKER STRUCK MINE IN HORMUZ

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A second maritime incident raises the probability of prolonged Hormuz disruption, lifting crude, shipping costs and inflation expectations while pressuring margins for transport, consumer and industrial companies. It reinforces the regime’s stagflationary shock and hawkish-rate risk, with safe-haven demand likely supporting the dollar and weighing on equities despite gains in energy producers.