Oil prices dropped further Thursday after US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart signed off on a deal to end four months of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to tanker and cargo traffic.Optimism that operations will in due course return to pre-war levels in the strait, a global energy chokepoint, helped lift market sentiment with Wall Street some two hours into trading.
Oil sinks on Mideast deal, but Fed outlook knocks equities
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Fri 09:27 - Le Figaro
Reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, nuclear program, frozen assets... What the agreement between the United States and Iran could contain
Sat 05:21 - La Libre (BE)
LIVE - War in the Middle East: The United States says it has shot down Iranian drones, despite optimism for an agreement
Sat 07:59 - Le Figaro
LIVE - War in the Middle East: the United States claims to have shot down Iranian drones despite optimism for an agreement
Sun 16:23 - Le Figaro
“This agreement would reward Iranian intransigence”: between Washington and Tehran, a bad peace would prepare for the next war
Mon 04:50 - Le Figaro
“Crucial step”, “long-term reopening of Hormuz”: the main reactions in the world after the agreement between the United States and Iran
Mon 07:21 - Le Figaro
European stock markets celebrate the peace agreement between the United States and Iran, the CAC40 jumps 1.60%
Mon 13:15 - Le Figaro
Poorly received in Israel, the agreement between the United States and Iran weakens Benjamin Netanyahu
Mon 16:00 - Al-Monitor
Oil plunges, stocks jump on US-Iran peace deal
Tue 14:30 - Al-Monitor
Oil drops below $80 on US-Iran deal
Wed 06:01 - Euronews
Oil sinks to three-month low on hopes of Hormuz reopening
Wed 07:44 - Al Jazeera English
Oil prices continue slide amid hopes for peace, opening of Strait of Hormuz
Thu 03:45 - Al Jazeera English
Oil prices fall, stocks rally as US, Iran sign framework to end war
Thu 08:36 - Al-Monitor
Hormuz reopening to release wave of oil supply, depress prices
Thu 14:30 - Al-Monitor
Oil sinks on Mideast deal, but Fed outlook knocks equities
Thu 15:36 - Financial Times
Jet fuel prices tumble on prospect of renewed Gulf exports