{"id":18,"date":"2026-07-13T08:48:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T08:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:04:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T09:04:45","slug":"oil-whipsaws-as-iran-ceasefire-wavers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Oil Whipsaws as Iran Ceasefire Wavers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Crude prices swung sharply this week after a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire broke down midweek, only to stabilize by Friday as talk of renewed diplomacy resurfaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strait of Hormuz Attacks Spark Spike<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz pushed Washington to revoke its authorization for Iranian oil exports. Brent crude jumped to around $73.75 a barrel, while U.S. WTI crude rose to near $70.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump Signals Ceasefire Is &#8220;Over&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Trump said the truce between the two sides was effectively finished and threatened further strikes on Iran, adding to the volatility in energy markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prices Ease Into the Weekend<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Friday, signals that talks could resume helped oil give back most of its gains, as traders grew less convinced a full-scale conflict would return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to Watch<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Markets remain sensitive to any fresh escalation, since a prolonged disruption in the Strait could keep pressure on oil and broader risk sentiment into next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crude prices swung sharply this week after a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire broke down midweek, only to stabilize by Friday as talk of renewed diplomacy resurfaced. Strait of Hormuz Attacks Spark&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/51"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usastocksguru.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}