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Newly created Polymarket accounts win big on well-timed Iran ceasefire bets
ByAssociated Press April 9, 2026

Customers make hundreds of thousands of dollars as records show substantial bets made before announcementA group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the US and Iran would reach a ceasefir…

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Oil prices plunge and stocks jump after Trump announces conditional ceasefire with Iran
ByMark Saunokonoko April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

Oil heads for biggest daily fall since pandemic as Iran says it will reopen strait of Hormuz under its managementMiddle East crisis – live updatesUS and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire as Tehran says it will reopen strait of HormuzOil prices tumble…

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Oil price falls and markets rally after Trump says Iran war over in ‘two to three weeks’
ByLauren Almeida April 1, 2026April 1, 2026

US president’s claim that conflict is nearing end prompts 15% drop in Brent crude and stock market climb in AsiaBusiness live – latest updatesOil prices tumbled and stock markets have rallied across the world after Donald Trump said the war in Iran wou…

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Blink and miss: Trump’s tactic of threats first and U-turn later is proving stale in Iran war
ByEduardo Porter March 27, 2026

President’s move, dubbed Trump Always Chickens Out, appears to have soured as he loses hold on situation in IranFrom Wall Street to the White House, the dish everyone’s talking about this week is the Persian Taco. It’s what’s served when Trump chickens…

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Aramco warns of oil market ‘catastrophe’ unless strait of Hormuz reopens soon
ByJillian Ambrose March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Saudi Arabian state oil firm calls crisis by far the biggest the region has seen but firm can reroute 70% of exports and tap crude held in storageHow the Iran conflict could affect energy prices – video explainerSaudi Arabia’s state oil company has war…

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US stock markets close on high after Iran war drove oil prices above $100 a barrel
ByJillian Ambrose Energy correspondent March 8, 2026March 9, 2026

Markets settled after Trump claimed US-Israel war with Iran is ‘very complete’, bringing oil prices down to $85 a barrelHow high could oil prices go – and what might the global economic fallout be?US stock markets closed on a high after oil prices swun…

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Iran war pushes oil price above $90 threatening rise in global inflation
ByGraeme Wearden and Jillian Ambrose March 6, 2026

Reports Kuwait was cutting output pushed up cost of barrel of Brent crude to highest weekly gain since Covid pandemic beganThe Iran conflict has driven the oil price past $90 a barrel to its highest weekly gains since the Covid-19 pandemic six years ag…

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Stock market falls resume as US-Israel war with Iran drives up oil and gas prices
ByTom Knowles March 5, 2026

FTSE 100 and France’s CAC down 1.5%; Germany’s DAX and Italy’s FTSE MIB down 1.6%; the Dow Jones was down 2%Middle East crisis – live updatesA market sell-off resumed on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday as fears mounted that there would be no qui…

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Oil price continues to rise amid Middle East crisis but stock markets rebound across Asia
ByJulia Kollewe March 5, 2026

Reports of attack on US registered tanker in Gulf lifts crude by 3% to $84 a barrel as gas price also starts to climbBusiness live – latest updatesMiddle East crisis – live updatesStock markets have rebounded in Asia after days of heavy losses driven b…

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Iran conflict could have ‘very significant’ impact on UK economy, OBR warns; FTSE 100’s biggest fall in 11 months – as it happened
ByGraeme Wearden March 3, 2026March 3, 2026

Spring forecast show UK unempoyment to peak higher than feared, as tax take heads for a record, but headroom against fiscal rules has increasedSpring forecast: Reeves insists Labour has ‘right economic plan’ as 2026 growth downgradedUK grocery price in…

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