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Oil Markets Face Growing Risk as Tanker Crossings Slow at Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz reopening may ease pressure on oil, LNG, global trade and crypto markets, but clearing around 1,500 stranded ships in the Persian Gulf could take weeks or months because of security risks, convoy li…

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Diesel Prices Expose the Energy Shock Brent Is Hiding

This analysis explains how the March 2026 Middle East conflict has split the global oil market into two divergent realities: a futures market pricing amid a relatively short-lived disruption and a physical market where …

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Brent Oil Holds Firm as Hormuz Disruption Tightens Global Supply

The Bloomberg Commodity Total Return Index has rallied sharply over the past week, driven overwhelmingly by the energy sector as renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East once again dominate commodity price actio…

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Gold Breaks Key Support as Selling Pressure Builds Below $4,444

Gold (XAU/USD) slides to fresh 11-week lows on Wednesday as mounting speculation that the Federal Reserve (Fed) could raise interest rates later this year weighs on demand for the non-yielding metal. At the time of writ…

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Gold’s Rebound Faces a Double Headwind: Yields and Oil

The gold market staged a dramatic counter-trend move that caught traders off guard. Under the simultaneous assault of three traditional headwinds — a strengthening U.S. dollar index, climbing U.S. Treasury yields, and p…

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Oil prices edge lower after strong week; Iran jitters persist

August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…

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Oil prices on pace for weekly gain amid Hormuz supply uncertainty

August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…

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Oil Prices Depend on Hormuz as Demand Destruction Deepens

With the average price of gasoline in the United States above $4.50 a gallon — about a 40 percent rise since the Iran war began in late February — Americans have been climbing into their cars less often, and stepping on…

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Brent Tops $89 Amid US-Iran Stalemate Over Hormuz

The Trump administration has allowed a controversial waiver on sanctions targeting Russian seaborne oil to expire, reimposing restrictions that had temporarily enabled countries such as India to continue purchasing Russ…

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Gold Outlook Hinges on Hormuz Tensions and US Inflation Data

August 12, 2026, 3:51 AM EDT. Hill & Smith PLC posted 8% revenue growth to $606.7m in H1 2026, led by 14% organic constant currency expansion in US operations. Underlying operating profit climbed 8% to $102.9m while mar…

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Oil prices upbeat after sharp gains on fading Hormuz deal hopes

August 6, 2026, 3:59 AM EDT. The Chinese Academy of Sciences achieved a 3.42% conversion efficiency in laser-produced plasma (LPP) EUV lithography, closing in on ASML’s 5.5% commercial benchmark. Although current power …