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Oil and Gas Fall on Iran De-escalation Hopes

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson, Tom Mackenzie, Willem Sels, Anita Anand, Oliver Dörre, Marija Veitmane, Nicolas Forissier, Philip Lane, Anthony Stevens, Mark Cudmore, Matt Bloxham, Sven Schneider, Stephen Sapchinski, Adam Linton

European and U.S. stock futures rallied on broad market gains and geopolitical de-escalation signals that pushed energy prices lower, even as mixed corporate results from SoftBank and Anthropic's looming IPO introduced sector-specific volatility. While chipmakers like TSMC and Infineon reported strong data center demand, investor sentiment is shifting toward software applications due to concerns over semiconductor hardware valuations and ongoing regulatory scrutiny of NVIDIA. Macroeconomic indicators remain tight with markets pricing in a high probability of a December rate hike, yet geopolitical progress in Ukraine-Russia talks and new Canadian sanctions on Russia continue to influence energy and defense spending forecasts.