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Crude at $89.89 holds the day; gold at $4,480 keeps the hedge bid

WTI grinds half a percent higher into the close as gold extends its quiet melt-up. The pegs do what pegs do.

WTI jumps $2.70 to $92.15 as Iran risk repricing crowds out the inventory story

A 3.02% one-session move is a war premium, not a barrel-count move. The physical market has not tightened. The financial market has decided it might.

Sergei Petrov · 24d ago

Brent at $94.65 holds the geopolitical bid as gold gives back $67

Crude grinds higher on Gulf risk premium while bullion corrects 1.5%. The peg does the quiet work of importing none of it.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 24d ago

Brent at $95.40 with a regional war priced in — and gold doing the worrying for us

Crude eases 1.05% overnight, gold slips from above $4,500, and the pegs hold their nerve while the Gulf reads its own headlines.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 25d ago

The Pegs Hold While Hormuz Wobbles: An Evening Wrap with One Eye on the Strait

Day 88 of the Iran conflict ends with USD/SAR at 3.7500 and USD/AED at 3.6725 — the numbers that did not move tell the story.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 25d ago

Crude at $90.99, Gold at $4,560: The Hormuz Premium That Refuses to Arrive

Oil is softer, gold is firmer, and the Gulf is hosting more shuttle diplomacy than tourism. The puzzle is why the risk premium is so quiet.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 27d ago

WTI at $91.66: the Iran premium leaks out, peg flows stay quiet

Crude slips 0.93% on mixed mediation signals; gold firms at $4,563; the Tadawul sits a hair above 11,000.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 27d ago

Brent at $103.54: the war premium that refuses to widen

Crude eased 1.03% into Friday's close even as Hormuz mediation entered its loudest week. The pattern is the story.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 27d ago

Evening Wrap: Oil at $103.79 Tells You Everything the Tadawul Won't

Crude pushes higher, gold retreats from the safe-haven trade, and the ruble rallies — a strange evening for a region holding its breath.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 32d ago

WTI at $105 and the Strait Premium Has a New Name: Pipeline Insurance

Crude jumps 3.45% as the Gulf's two largest exporters openly hedge against their own geography. Gold cools. The Tadawul shrugs.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 36d ago

Brent Slips to $105.84 as War Premium Battles Hormuz Anxiety

Oil eases, gold cools, Tadawul drifts lower — but the real story is what's happening in the shipping lanes after dark.

Karim Al-Rashidi · 38d ago

EU Sidelines Windfall Tax in Oil Price Response Guidance

European Commission's best-practice catalogue for tackling energy shock notably excludes windfall tax measures despite soaring profits at major energy firms.

Pierre Dubois · 38d ago

US releases additional oil stockpiles under IEA emergency agreement

Department of Energy transfers 53.3 million barrels as global prices surge.

Pierre Dubois · 40d ago

Aramco chief: world lost 1 billion barrels of oil in two months

Saudi crude production disruptions create global supply gap and market instability.

Pierre Dubois · 41d ago