Oil markets brace for potential Strait of Hormuz closure after U.S.-Iran escalation, with $100 crude emerging as a real upside risk for traders.
Possibly threatening the global oil supply, Iran is reportedly restricting navigation through the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israeli major strikes.
The disruption to the Middle East's prodigious energy exports could have far-reaching economic consequences.
The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran raises the risk that the Islamic Republic could try to make the Strait of Hormuz unsafe for commercial traffic in retaliation. About a third of seaborne oil exports and 20% of liquid natural gas exports pass through the strait.
The U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Saturday, putting a key regional source of the world's crude oil at risk and raising talk of a return to $100-a-barrel oil prices.
Bloomberg Economics Chief Emerging Markets Economist Ziad Daoud, PhD, talks about how energy and oil prices will be impacted by the attacks on Iran. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
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