4/17/2026
Oil Prices Crater 10% as Iran Opens Strait of Hormuz — But Don’t Call It a Done Deal
Oil markets were thrown into a volatile session Friday morning after Iran’s foreign minister declared the Strait of Hormuz fully open to commercial traffic for the duration of a fragile 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon — sending crude prices into a sharp, double-digit freefall.
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