Leonie Kidd
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- Sep 11, 2026
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- Jul 6, 2026
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CNBC Daily Open: Two market forces battle for dominance (opens the original)
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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Welcome to another edition of CNBC's Daily Open. Investors find themselves trapped between two major market forces. A bond market that refuses to be tamed by intervention, and a resurgent crude price that has broken back into triple digits across both benchmarks. The common denominator: inflation. And on Friday, that gets more interesting with key inflation data due to be released stateside. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield is a breath away fr
CNBC Daily Open: Brent crude barrels back towards $100 (opens the original)
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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. The "illusion of abundance" is fading, and predictions of a "return to normalization" in the Strait of Hormuz any time soon would be "very, very optimistic." This is the warning from commodity veteran Jeff Currie, as rising tensions in the Middle East send oil prices higher once again. With U.S. investors returning from their long Labor Day weekend, the direction of trade looks set to be determined by the battle for the Strait and any increme
CNBC Daily Open: Vance says he would not call Trump's war with Iran a 'war' (opens the original)
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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. The midterms are looming, and the war with Iran has become a key campaign issue as voters go to the polls. The state of the economy and the jobs market will also determine how voters approach this election, due to be held on November 3. U.S. Vice President JD Vance has weighed in on both overnight, and the response has been mixed. "I wouldn't call it a war." The words of U.S. Vice President JD Vance when asked if America's conflict with Iran
CNBC Daily Open: 'Trump Strait', losing streak snapped and bilateral diplomacy (opens the original)
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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Shakespeare's Juliet hoped a name was just an arbitrary label in her love story with Romeo, but when it comes to renaming monuments, lakes or even parts of other countries, a name becomes much more politically charged. Kuwait has joined a lengthening list of Gulf countries having to defend themselves from a resurgence in attacks from Iran. Kuwait's army said its air defence systems were targeting hostile missile and drone attacks. Iranian sta
CNBC Daily Open: Markets trapped in Iran doom loop (opens the original)
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Hello, this is Leonie Kidd coming to you from London. Once the ceasefire had been abandoned, it seemed only a matter of time before the tension between the U.S. and Iran flared up once again. The return to military exchanges between the two countries has spooked the markets, sending stocks into the red and oil higher. Global equities are under renewed selling pressure. In Asia, steep declines for Japan's main markets and South Korea's Kospi are leading markets lower across the board. U.S. future
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