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Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes
Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes
US stock futures rebounded from their overnight selloff, and were trading near session highs after three days of losses on Wall Street as Brent slipped below $100 a barrel and investors waited to see if the war in the Middle East would escalate further. The catalyst for the bounce was news that India asked Iran to allow its tanker armada through Hormuz, which would lead to a substantial easing of the global oil shipping blockade. And while it...
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