U.S. stock-index futures rose and oil prices fell Sunday, after President Donald Trump said the U.S. will work to “free” neutral shipping that's been stranded in the Persian Gulf since the start of the war with Iran.
Oil prices dropped more than $1 a barrel on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said the United States would begin an effort on Monday morning to free up ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
In a largely symbolic move, the OPEC+ nations announced Sunday that they would slightly increase crude production in June, as the war with Iran continues to stifle the world's supply of oil.
OPEC+ raised output for June but it means nothing while the Strait of Hormuz stays closed. The talks are stalled, inventory draws are real, and the risk stays skewed to the upside.
OPEC+ says it will raise oil output by 188,000 barrels per day in June. It was the cartel's first meeting since the shock departure of the United Arab Emirates last week.
OPEC+ is set to agree on Sunday a modest oil output hike, sources said, but the increase will remain largely on paper as long as the U.S.-Iran war continues to disrupt Gulf oil supplies.
Kyiv's audacious campaign of strikes has had only a modest impact on the gusher of oil money that has shored up Moscow's finances amid the Iran war.
Iraq can restore oil output and exports to normal levels within seven days of the end of the crisis over the Strait of Hormuz, Deputy Oil Minister Basim Mohammed said on Saturday.
Even once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, it will take months for oil and gas flows to get back to normal, Exxon and Chevron warn.
Seven OPEC+ countries have an agreement in principle to raise oil output targets by about 188,000 barrels per day in June, pressing on with plans despite the departure of the UAE, two sources familiar with OPEC+ thinking said ahead of a policy meeting on Sunday.
Oil rose Friday after volatile trading as geopolitical risks tied to Iran persisted. Trump is facing a 60-day congressional deadline for the Iran war.
A U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports has shrunk Tehran's oil exports, stranding a growing stockpile of crude on tankers as Iranian storage sites run out of space, shipping data showed and analysts said.