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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…

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…

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…

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 …

What happens when the Strait reopens? Key factors to watch

“Let the oil flow!” With those words on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States had reached an agreement to end the war with Iran after more than one hundred days and open the Strait o…

Could Copper Lose Its Tariff Premium?

Copper’s record-breaking 2025 has set up a tight but fragile market heading into 2026 as supply strains deepen, tariff fears distort trade flows and analysts flag long-term deficits.

Oil Faces a Sharp Repricing Risk if US-Iran Talks Fail

Options Blueprint [Adv]: Financing a Convex Asymmetric HedgeMarket Context The setup on the chart is not just about momentum. It is about what happens when a market clears an important prior high through a gap and then …