Oil prices begin to rise amid worsening Middle East climate 03:24

World oil prices rose after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei ordered an attack on Israel in response to the purge of the head of the Palestinian Hamas movement’s Politburo. This was reported by Bloomberg.

“The price of West Texas Intermediate rose 4.3 percent in the previous session to surpass $78 a barrel. Brent crude closed around $81,” he said.

The message does not mention Russian Ural oil.

The agency notes that US crude oil inventories fell by 3.4 million barrels last week. This trend has been observed for five weeks and can be considered the longest losing streak for this indicator since January 2022.

On July 31, Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Politburo of the Palestinian Hamas movement, was eliminated by an Israeli missile strike on Tehran while attending the inauguration of President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian in the Iranian capital.

A few hours later, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei He gave the order About a retaliatory attack on Israel.

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It was previously reported that gas prices would increase in Europe. continued to grow.

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Source: Gazeta

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