Oil prices fall after US and Iran pause strikes

🛢️📉 Oil prices fell 5% after the US and Iran suspended weekend strikes, — Reuters. Brent crude futures fell $4.89, or 5.05%, to $91.89 after briefly falling below key support at $90 earlier in the session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $84.64 a barrel, down $4.67, or 5.23%.

Trump told to pause bombing Iran because they are running out of stock and targets Netanyahu is getting desperate, elections are in October, he's at the White House on Tuesday Strait of Hormuz - 1 ship in the last 24 hours? Normally 60 per day

Following the U.S. decision to halt attacks on Iran, after “Trump’s advisers told him they were running out of targets and expressed worries about depleting the U.S. arsenal,” Iran tells @reuters.com it will reciprocate. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

The bombing may have paused, but energy supplies are precarious. Countries other than America will have to dip much deeper into shrinking stocks, pushing oil prices higher still as thinning buffers make future shortages more likely bit.ly/4x21zjI Photo: Getty Images

"We are told what is happening to oil prices, shipping routes, insurance premiums, inflation, plastics, manufacturing and the cost of living. Maps of the Strait of Hormuz appear on our screens. Analysts explain the significance of the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. "

"A fragile truce seems to have settled on the Gulf as the U.S. military ceased its attacks, in part ​because of concerns it was running out of ammunition, and Iran said it would pause ‌for as long as the U.S. held off" @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Of course, it dropped. It's Market Manipulation Monday, after all. yahoo.com/finance/energy/articles/oil-slips-more-5-us-221044741.html

The Golden Age Trump’s “golden age” tracks cleanly: war shocks drove oil prices up, 2026 profits hit historic highs, and industry money flowed mostly to Republicans. Add the timing and the scale, and you see a profit‑to‑power circuit built to operate in plain sight. 2026 profit so far: $42B.

Wall St futures rise as US, #Iran pause hostilities - #stocks #USpol www.reuters.com/business/wal...

First Thing: Trump continues pause on Iran strikes as Pentagon reveals higher US casualty figures Eighteen American troops have been killed and 624 wounded since White House launched war on Tehran. Plus, International Cowboy Day in Kenya www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Still A Long Road To Normalization De-escalation signs are crushing short-dated oil prices as we start the week, but there is still a long way to go with limited Hormuz transits, the Bab-el-Mandeb closing and Chinese demand picking up. bobeunlimited.substack.com/p/still-a-lo...

Yep - ‘global inflation that all countries experienced & here it was TRUMP whose April 2020 2 year deal with Saudi to cut oil production by 9 million barrels a day caused our gas prices to skyrocket when normal demand resumed when we re-opened under Biden .. And Russia attacked Ukraine

The pause in US-Iran hostilities has fueled a sharp drop in oil prices and a rally in stocks and bonds. The $USD was marked lower initially but selling pressure has been modest at best. The week's highlights (FOMC, BOE, BOJ), US tech earnings lie ahead. marctomarket.com/2026/07/paus...

Dow futures rally 500 points as oil prices fall after U.S. and Iran pause attacks: Live updates from CNBC www.cnbc.com/2026/07/26/s...

Cryptocurrency markets stabilize as tensions ease between Iran and the US, with oil prices plummeting and risk assets surging globally #CryptoMarket #RiskAssets