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Oil surges 8% to $109 after Trump rejects Iran peace offer
Brent crude surged 8 per cent to $109.74 a barrel after President Trump rejected Iran's peace proposal as unacceptable, extinguishing weeks of cautious optimism that diplomacy could reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
By Reza Najjar
Commodities
Brent crude back above $100 as US-Iran clash resumes in Strait of Hormuz
Brent crude settled near $100.06 a barrel on Thursday after fresh fighting between US and Iranian forces in the Strait of Hormuz unwound a one-day rally on ceasefire hopes, with WTI ending near $93.60 and traders rebuilding the war-risk premium they had pared 24 hours earlier.
By Reza Najjar
