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Oil Prices Hold Near Four-Week Highs on Hormuz Disruption Concerns

Published 20 August 2026

Oil prices hovered near four-week highs on Thursday as traders weighed persistent disruption around the Strait of Hormuz against a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories, leaving Brent above $91 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate near $86.

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