Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran's Larak island - Reuters
Oil jumps more than 2% after US attack on Iran's Larak island - Reuters
Source: Reuters
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DW NOTE
The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed since February, moving three ships a day instead of eighty-five. Oil is down 26% from its yearly high. A 2% jump after a U.S. strike on Iranian territory isn't a price discovery event — it's the market remembering that the world's most critical energy chokepoint is already shut and the shooting is now overt.