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Oil & Stocks Mixed To Start Week As War Escalates & Gamma Unclenches
Oil & Stocks Mixed To Start Week As War Escalates & Gamma Unclenches
Update (1845ET): After an initial kneejerk higher in oil and lower in stocks, things have settled a little with both hovering around unch...
Brent is sliding a little from Friday's highs...
Equity futs are back around unch...
There's a long way til dawn...
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Following a weekend where geopolitical headlines swung from "winding down" (Friday after the close) to threats, deadlines, and "obliteration" tit-for-tat talk suggesting no end in sight, it is perhaps no surprise that oil prices are up...
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