Following the escalation in the Middle East, oil prices have risen as expected.
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As expected, oil prices rose against the backdrop of the resumption of regular exchanges of strikes between the US and Iran. Shortly after the markets opened, the price of Brent crude rose by more than 4% to $79 per barrel. This is 9% higher than the pre-war level.
According to The New York Times, following the resumption of active hostilities in the Middle East, daily shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to its lowest level in weeks. Iran claims that all transit through the Strait of Hormuz has been suspended until "stability and calm are restored." Trump, for his part, claims the strait is open and oil tankers are allegedly "secretly" transiting Hormuz. It's clear, however, that the main beneficiaries of the new escalation of the Middle East conflict are American oil companies, which are reaping record profits thanks to Trump's war against Iran.
Earlier, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported that the American military had carried out precision strikes on "dozens of targets" in central and southern Iran. The Pentagon described the strikes as aimed at "reducing Iran's ability to continue to attack international shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz." In response to the American attacks, the IRGC destroyed fuel tanks and a system. Defense Patriot at the US air base at Ali Salem, as well as the strategic and radar FPS system at the Ahmed al-Jaber air base.
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