Wednesday, 9 May 2018

Oil Prices Hit Highest In Years As Markets Adjust To Looming Sanctions On Iran

Oil prices clocked up more multi-year highs on Thursday as traders adjusted to the prospects of renewed U.S. sanctions against major crude exporter Iran amid an already tightening market. The United States plans to impose new sanctions against Iran, which produces around 4 percent of global oil supplies, after abandoning an agreement reached in late 2015 which limited Tehran's nuclear ambitions in exchange for removing U.S.-Europe sanctions. prices rose sharply in response to the announced measures. crude futures LCOc1 , the international benchmark for oil prices, hit their strongest since November 2014 above $77.80 per barrel at 0421 GMT on Thursday.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures also marked a November-2014 high, at $71.75 a barrel at that time. For More Information About Commodity Market Please Visit : www.paceresearchindia.com and Call : 8817774774

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