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Oil sliding on Iran deal hopes — short energy names while crude keeps falling
Oil prices dropped 3% today because traders think the U.S. and Iran are getting closer to a deal that would reopen a critical shipping route for crude oil, meaning more supply hitting the market.
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A U.S.-Iran deal would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world's oil flows. That additional supply would push prices even lower. Oil is already down 3% on the headline and momentum is building to the downside. Energy stocks like Exxon and Chevron tend to move in the same direction as crude, often with more volatility. Unless the deal collapses — which is always a risk in geopolitics — this downward pressure should persist over the coming weeks.
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