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      <title>Oil climbs nearly 2% as US-Iran peace talks stall</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oil prices extended gains on Monday, rising nearly ‌2% as &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-iran-peace-hopes-fade-trump-scraps-talks-2026-04-26/"&gt;peace talks between the US and Iran&lt;/a&gt; stalled while shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remained limited, keeping global oil supplies tight.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brent crude futures rose $2.16, or 2.05%, to $107.49 ​a barrel by 2346 GMT, the highest since April 7, and ​US West Texas Intermediate was at $96.17 a barrel, up $1.77, or 1.88%.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Last ⁠week, Brent and WTI gained nearly 17% and 13%, respectively, the biggest ​weekly gains since the start of the war.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded ​during the weekend when US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned trip to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived ​in Pakistan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“This move puts the ball squarely back in Iran’s court, and ​the clock is now ticking loudly,” IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said in a note, ‌adding ⁠that Tehran may be forced to shut production at its ageing oil fields when it runs out of storage capacity.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tehran has largely closed the Strait, while Washington has imposed a blockade of Iran’s ports.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Traffic through the Strait ​of Hormuz remained limited, ​with just ⁠one oil products tanker entering the Gulf on Sunday, shipping data from Kpler showed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Goldman Sachs &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/goldman-sachs-raises-oil-price-forecasts-tight-supply-2026-04-26/"&gt;raised its oil price forecasts&lt;/a&gt; for ​the fourth quarter to $90 a barrel for Brent crude ​and $83 for ⁠WTI, citing reduced output from the Middle East.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The economic risks are larger than our crude base case alone suggests because of the net upside risks to oil ⁠prices, ​unusually high refined product prices, product shortages risks, ​and the unprecedented scale of the shock,” GS analysts led by Daan Struyven said in an ​April 26 note.&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oil prices extended gains on Monday, rising nearly ‌2% as <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-iran-peace-hopes-fade-trump-scraps-talks-2026-04-26/">peace talks between the US and Iran</a> stalled while shipments through the Strait of Hormuz remained limited, keeping global oil supplies tight.</strong></p>
<p>Brent crude futures rose $2.16, or 2.05%, to $107.49 ​a barrel by 2346 GMT, the highest since April 7, and ​US West Texas Intermediate was at $96.17 a barrel, up $1.77, or 1.88%.</p>
<p>Last ⁠week, Brent and WTI gained nearly 17% and 13%, respectively, the biggest ​weekly gains since the start of the war.</p>
<p>Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded ​during the weekend when US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned trip to Islamabad by his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, even as Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived ​in Pakistan.</p>
<p>“This move puts the ball squarely back in Iran’s court, and ​the clock is now ticking loudly,” IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said in a note, ‌adding ⁠that Tehran may be forced to shut production at its ageing oil fields when it runs out of storage capacity.</p>
<p>Tehran has largely closed the Strait, while Washington has imposed a blockade of Iran’s ports.</p>
<p>Traffic through the Strait ​of Hormuz remained limited, ​with just ⁠one oil products tanker entering the Gulf on Sunday, shipping data from Kpler showed.</p>
<p>Goldman Sachs <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/goldman-sachs-raises-oil-price-forecasts-tight-supply-2026-04-26/">raised its oil price forecasts</a> for ​the fourth quarter to $90 a barrel for Brent crude ​and $83 for ⁠WTI, citing reduced output from the Middle East.</p>
<p>“The economic risks are larger than our crude base case alone suggests because of the net upside risks to oil ⁠prices, ​unusually high refined product prices, product shortages risks, ​and the unprecedented scale of the shock,” GS analysts led by Daan Struyven said in an ​April 26 note.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:04:20 +0500</pubDate>
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