🛢📈 Oil prices rise after US strikes on Iran Brent crude and WTI oil benchmarks have risen 0.5% following reports of a US attack on Iran’s Qeshm Island. 🗣 “Just when markets were starting to price in a more diplomatic path, this reminder of ongoing military activity has flipped the tone,” Tim Waterer, chief market analyst at KCM Trade, told Reuters. The attack follows US President Donald Trump’s claims of the largest drops in oil prices amid negotiations with Iran. 👍 Substack | Chat | @geopolitics_prime