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Image for Oil prices settle up as Iran says Strait of Hormuz to stay shut
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Oil prices settle up as Iran says Strait of Hormuz to stay shut

By Scott DiSavino Aug 11 (Reuters) - Oil prices edged up to a one-week high on Tuesday as doubts abo...

11th August, 2026

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Oil prices rally, Wall Street retreats with Hormuz, inflation in focus

By Chris Prentice and Harry Robertson NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street indexes retrea...

10th August, 2026

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Oil climbs 5% as Iran, US both demand compensation and Hormuz hopes fade

By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled 5% higher on Monday after Iran a...

10th August, 2026

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Dollar climbs versus yen as investors await US jobs data

By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Currency markets drifted on Thursday with the yen struggl...

6th August, 2026

Image for Yen firms after landmark intervention, dollar near lows on optimism over Iran talks
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Yen firms after landmark intervention, dollar near lows on optimism over Iran talks

By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Currency markets paused for breath on Wednesday as pressu...

5th August, 2026

Image for Oil prices mixed as investors ponder Strait of Hormuz reopening hopes
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Oil prices mixed as investors ponder Strait of Hormuz reopening hopes

By Helen Clark PERTH, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Oil steadied on Wednesday after steep falls in the previous...

5th August, 2026

Image for Oil drops, stocks gain amid Iran peace hopes; yen firms as investors watch for further intervention
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Oil drops, stocks gain amid Iran peace hopes; yen firms as investors watch for further intervention

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Oil prices skidded and stocks wobbled on Monday as ho...

3rd August, 2026

Image for Oil price rises after Iran says it stops ships in Hormuz
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Oil price rises after Iran says it stops ships in Hormuz

By Ahmed Tolba, Nafisa Eltahir and Yasmine Ghania CAIRO/DUBAI, July 31 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose o...

31st July, 2026

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Oil refining margins have added to Europe's fuel price rise, ECB blog says

FRANKFURT, July 31 (Reuters) - A rise in refining margins to near record levels contributed to the i...

31st July, 2026

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Oil prices settle more than 1% higher, log strongest month since March

July 31 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Friday but kept on track for a monthly rise of about a fifth,...

31st July, 2026

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Oil settles down on proposed Saudi-led maritime defence coalition

By Colleen Howe BEIJING, July 30 (Reuters) - Oil prices gave up some of their gains on Thursday as o...

30th July, 2026

Image for "Ugly and rusty," Venezuela's refineries are relics that will be hard to revive
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"Ugly and rusty," Venezuela's refineries are relics that will be hard to revive

By Mircely Guanipa , Tibisay Romero and Deisy Buitrago PUNTO FIJO/EL PALITO, Venezuela, July 29 (Reu...

29th July, 2026