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Oil tanking on Iran deal hopes, airlines soaring — ride the fuel-cost tailwind
Oil prices dropped 3% on signs that the U.S. and Iran are closing in on a deal that would reopen a critical shipping route for oil. That sent airline stocks higher because cheaper jet fuel means bigger profits.
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A U.S.-Iran agreement would ease the chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of the world's oil flows. That pushes crude prices lower, and for airlines, fuel is the single biggest cost. When oil drops sharply in a single day, airline stocks tend to rally over the next one to three weeks as investors re-price profit margins upward. The move is already starting today, but if a formal deal materializes the rally has room to run.
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