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Oil Prices Fall as US-Iran Talks Raise Hopes for Strait Deal

Published 25 May 2026

Oil prices fell to their lowest levels in two weeks on Monday, while global stock markets surged, as investors responded to signs of progress in negotiations between the United States and Iran toward a peace agreement that could reopen the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures dropped more than 4.

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