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      <title>Oil falls over 1% on reports of potential US-Iran ceasefire deal</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Oil futures fell more than 1% on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April, following ​reports that the US and Iran had agreed to extend a ceasefire, ‌though it had yet to be finalised.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brent crude futures for July fell 1.1% or $1.04 to $92.67 a barrel at 0330 GMT.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;US oil futures fell $1.26, or 1.4%, to $87.64 a barrel.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Brent plunged 10.5% ​this week — the steepest plunge since the week that ended on April ​6, while WTI fell 9.2% — the biggest weekly loss since the ⁠week that ended on April 13.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The US and Iran &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-trade-air-strikes-after-trump-dismisses-report-hormuz-deal-2026-05-28/"&gt;reached an agreement&lt;/a&gt; on Thursday to ​extend a ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources ​told Reuters, though US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it, and Iranian state media said it had not been finalised.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Consensus remains that the conflict is over, and a deal is coming. ​As long as this narrative holds, crude oil has room to extend its decline ​toward trendline support in the low $80s,” IG analyst Tony Sycamore said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Prices have been volatile in recent ‌sessions, ⁠swinging by as much as $6 for both benchmarks on conflicting signals over a possible end to the three-month US-Israeli war on Iran and the &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-rebounds-after-us-strikes-iran-military-site-2026-05-27/"&gt;potential reopening&lt;/a&gt; of the Strait of Hormuz — a key conduit for roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and ​liquefied natural gas supplies.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Traffic ​through the maritime ⁠chokepoint remains a &lt;a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/three-oil-lng-tankers-exit-hormuz-with-transponders-off-2026-05-28/"&gt;small fraction&lt;/a&gt; of the pre-war level.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Analysts at ING said a reopening of the strait would offer some immediate ​relief to the oil market, but a recovery is still uncertain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Upstream ​oil production ⁠has fallen significantly since the war, with producers shutting in production in order to manage storage constraints,” ING said in a note.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“The recovery in upstream production will be gradual ⁠rather ​than immediate.”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“Refineries in the region need to ramp up ​output. This will take time, given that some of this infrastructure was targeted in attacks earlier in the ​conflict.”&lt;/p&gt;
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      <content:encoded xmlns="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[<p><strong>Oil futures fell more than 1% on Friday and were on track for their steepest weekly decline since early April, following ​reports that the US and Iran had agreed to extend a ceasefire, ‌though it had yet to be finalised.</strong></p>
<p>Brent crude futures for July fell 1.1% or $1.04 to $92.67 a barrel at 0330 GMT.</p>
<p>US oil futures fell $1.26, or 1.4%, to $87.64 a barrel.</p>
<p>Brent plunged 10.5% ​this week — the steepest plunge since the week that ended on April ​6, while WTI fell 9.2% — the biggest weekly loss since the ⁠week that ended on April 13.</p>
<p>The US and Iran <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-trade-air-strikes-after-trump-dismisses-report-hormuz-deal-2026-05-28/">reached an agreement</a> on Thursday to ​extend a ceasefire and lift restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sources ​told Reuters, though US President Donald Trump has yet to approve it, and Iranian state media said it had not been finalised.</p>
<p>“Consensus remains that the conflict is over, and a deal is coming. ​As long as this narrative holds, crude oil has room to extend its decline ​toward trendline support in the low $80s,” IG analyst Tony Sycamore said.</p>
<p>Prices have been volatile in recent ‌sessions, ⁠swinging by as much as $6 for both benchmarks on conflicting signals over a possible end to the three-month US-Israeli war on Iran and the <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-rebounds-after-us-strikes-iran-military-site-2026-05-27/">potential reopening</a> of the Strait of Hormuz — a key conduit for roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and ​liquefied natural gas supplies.</p>
<p>Traffic ​through the maritime ⁠chokepoint remains a <a rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="link--external" href="https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/three-oil-lng-tankers-exit-hormuz-with-transponders-off-2026-05-28/">small fraction</a> of the pre-war level.</p>
<p>Analysts at ING said a reopening of the strait would offer some immediate ​relief to the oil market, but a recovery is still uncertain.</p>
<p>“Upstream ​oil production ⁠has fallen significantly since the war, with producers shutting in production in order to manage storage constraints,” ING said in a note.</p>
<p>“The recovery in upstream production will be gradual ⁠rather ​than immediate.”</p>
<p>“Refineries in the region need to ramp up ​output. This will take time, given that some of this infrastructure was targeted in attacks earlier in the ​conflict.”</p>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:00:17 +0500</pubDate>
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