Oil Prices Fluctuate Amid Geopolitical and Trade Developments
TL;DR
The US is preparing to evacuate non-essential personnel from its Baghdad embassy amid rising tensions in the Gulf related to stalled Iran nuclear talks, leading to a nearly 5% spike in WTI crude oil prices due to fears of regional conflict disrupting oil supplies, especially from Iraq and the Strait of Hormuz.
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