DBI Today: 45.3 (−2.1)
Note: the DBI moved to a 6-pillar methodology on 25 May 2026. Pre-change scores shown for context only.
Wednesday's session was shaped before most people had finished their morning coffee. Iran launched ballistic missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, damaging infrastructure in a significant escalation of a conflict that has kept the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway through which roughly 20% of the world's oil used to flow — effectively sealed since late February. Oil surged, stocks sold off across the board, and the diplomatic track that markets had been cautiously pricing in looked further away than ever. The DBI fell to 45.3, its largest single-day move in more than a week. The index is now back to levels last seen in mid-May, before the ceasefire optimism rally — a reminder that this conflict's grip on global economic conditions has not loosened at all.
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