DUBAI/BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. has issued a 30-day waiver for countries to buy sanctioned Russian petroleum products currently at sea, hoping to ease oil and gas prices driven up by the war the U.S. and Israel are waging on Iran. However, the waiver appeared to have little effect, with benchmark Brent crude back up to $101 by...

NEW YORK, March 13 (Reuters) - Investors will seek clarity in the coming week on how much the Middle East conflict is complicating expectations for interest-rate cuts this year, as they brace for developments in the Iran war that could rattle markets. U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers meet for the first time since the U.S. and Israel began air strikes on...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures off: Dow 0.02%, S&P 500 0.05%, Nasdaq 0.13% March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Friday and Wall Street's main indexes were set for their third week in the red, as a widening conflict...

March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were subdued on Friday and Wall Street's main indexes were set for their third week in the red, as a widening conflict in the Middle East threatened to stoke price pressures and complicate the Federal Reserve's monetary policymaking. Investors were also monitoring developments in the private credit market and awaiting a batch of...