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WTI and Brent both climbed above $90 a barrel following reports that two tankers were hit near the Strait of Hormuz, the world's busiest oil chokepoint.
WTI's October contract and Brent's November contract rose to their highest levels in nearly two weeks after two tankers were reported struck near the Strait of Hormuz.
Renewed fighting in the Middle East pushed crude higher as traders priced in supply-disruption risk from an attack on an Iranian island facility.
Crude oil rose more than 2% after the United States struck Iran's Larak island, adding a fresh geopolitical risk premium to prices already supported by renewed regional fighting.
Middle East escalation fears push crude and sovereign yields higher simultaneously, leaving regional benchmarks with no defensive refuge and extending a multi-session drawdown.
European bourses are on track for their longest consecutive losing streak since 2025 as geopolitical risk premia lift oil and bond yields together, squeezing both cyclical and defensive exposures.
More than 600 drones targeted the Russian capital and logistics nodes overnight while Moscow retaliated against Ukrainian metallurgical assets, reintroducing a geopolitical risk premium into energy and industrial metals.
Kyiv escalated its deep-strike campaign with over 600 drones directed at Moscow and Russian logistics infrastructure, one of the largest such operations of the season, as Russian forces hit a Ukrainian steel plant. The exchange raises the probability of supply disruption in energy and metals markets.
Allegations against Hengli over sanctioned oil purchases arrive alongside renewed Russian strikes on Kyiv, keeping geopolitical risk premia embedded in energy and freight markets.
Chinese refiner Hengli has been accused of funding Iran through purchases of sanctioned crude, escalating enforcement risk for Asian teapot refiners. Simultaneously, Russian missile strikes ignited fires across Kyiv, reinforcing the persistence of conflict-driven supply uncertainty.
Brasília launches a formal reciprocity process against US tariffs while Treasury Secretary Bessent signals measures against Iran 'never seen' before, layering fresh geopolitical premium onto commodity and EM risk.
Brazil has initiated a reciprocity process in response to US tariffs, opening a second front in the trade dispute cycle. Simultaneously, US Treasury signaled unprecedented enforcement measures against Iran, a combination that raises energy and emerging-market risk premia.
Currency markets tread water into the U.S. inflation print while renewed friction around the Strait of Hormuz lifts oil, leaving macro desks positioned for a two-sided volatility event.
Asian currencies and the dollar were rangebound ahead of the U.S. consumer price report, with traders unwilling to commit ahead of a print that will shape Federal Reserve expectations. Simultaneously, escalating tensions around the Strait of Hormuz pushed crude higher, reintroducing an energy-driven inflation channel just as payroll revisions raise questions about underlying labor market momentum.