Oil prices jump more than 6% after Trump says Iran made a ‘very big mistake’
http://nbr.com/2019/06/20/oil-prices-jump-more-than-6-after-trump-says-iran-made-a-very-big-mistake/
JUNE 20, 2019 | Thomas Franck
Oil jumped as much as 6% on Thursday after Iran shot down a U.S. military drone, prompting President Donald Trump to blast Tehran on Twitter and fueling concerns of a conflict between the two countries.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.92, or 5.4%, to $56.68 a barrel as of 11:41 a.m. ET, down from a 6% surge around 10 a.m. ET. Brent crude, the global benchmark, was up $2.42 ― a 3.9% increase ― at $64.24 a barrel.
Trump took to Twitter Thursday morning to criticize what U.S. officials say was Iran’s attack on a U.S. surveillance drone earlier in the day, saying that Tehran made a “very big mistake.”
The drone downing came amid a standoff between Washington and Tehran, stemming from the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. Prior to the drone attack over the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. accused Iran of recent attacks on oil tankers in the Persian Gulf region.
The strained relationship has sent crude prices soaring since more than 20% of the world’s oil output comes from the Middle East. Any threats to the free flow of oil through key chokepoint the Strait of Hormuz could dampen crude supplies.
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