Iran, Israel and oil
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NEW YORK (AP) — Calm is returning to Wall Street, and U.S. stocks are rallying on Monday, while oil prices are giving back some of their initial spurts following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets at the end of last week.
Iran and Israel continued trading fire in a fourth day of armed escalations. "The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz pledged following reported Iranian strikes against Tel Aviv and Haifa.
Stock futures rebounded slightly early Monday as the spike in oil prices due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran eased for a moment. Stock gains were muted as investors remained concerned about the rising geopolitical risk to the global economy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says rising global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will strengthen Russia by increasing its oil revenues, aiding its war effort in Ukraine.
Oil prices leaped, and stocks slumped on worries that escalating violence following Israel’s attack on Iranian nuclear and military targets could damage the flow of crude around the world, along with the global economy.
Oil futures soared in electronic trade late Thursday after Israel's attack on Iran, with West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, up nearly 10% in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange.