Trump slams Iran over Strait of Hormuz oil disruption
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Spot crude prices measured in the North Sea are trading above $135 per barrel.
A fragile Iran ceasefire eased oil fears and boosted equities. Track credit spreads, financial conditions, and recession odds to see what happens next.
The war with Iran is preventing huge amounts of oil from flowing out of the Persian Gulf, but the prices that many people track don’t fully capture the scale of the disruption.
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By Siddharth Cavale NEW YORK, April 10 (Reuters) - Oil futures settled lower on Friday and posted their biggest weekly decline since 2022 ahead of talks between Iran and the U.S. aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire.
Two Chinese supertankers loaded with crude sailed through the Strait of Hormuz hours after a Greek vessel moved through the waterway, marking a significant uptick in oil shipping traffic days after a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran was announced.
Investors around the world breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of peace — and an easing of the global energy crisis.
By Colleen Howe BEIJING, April 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose in early trading on Friday following attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, and as markets evaluated the risk premium from the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz,
U.S. stocks rose, even though oil prices did too, as financial markets moved more modestly a day after surging on optimism about a ceasefire in the war with Iran.
The two-week ceasefire deal between U.S. and Iran sent oil prices down, but gas and groceries can still be impacted.
At 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil was priced at $97.78 per barrel with Brent serving as the benchmark (we’ll explain different benchmarks later in this article). That’s a gain of $4.02 compared with yesterday morning and around $31 higher than the price one year ago.