Wednesday 02 September 2026 6:50 am | Updated: Wednesday 02 September 2026 6:53 am Soaring oil prices have fanned the flames of inflation. Welcome back to the City AM liveblog. Oil prices are rising higher for the third consecutive session and keeping pressure on global markets. Brent crude – the international benchmark for oil prices
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Damian Troise and Alex Veiga Updated September 2, 2026 — 10:43am, first published September 2, 2026 — 5:18am The Australian sharemarket has opened sharply lower after Wall Street fell as another round of US military strikes on Iran sent oil prices higher, stoking worries about stubbornly high inflation. A bond market sell-off deepened, putting more
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The US launched new airstrikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might not presage a wider renewal of hostilities. Oil prices had already risen after that first exchange of direct attacks since July and after reports of two tankers being hit leaving the strait of Hormuz, the
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Russia has revised its 2026 oil production forecast to 511 million tonnes, marking the lowest level since 2009. This adjustment represents a significant reduction from earlier projections of 525.2 million tonnes for 2026. The revised forecast aligns with 2025’s output levels but highlights a shift away from previously anticipated increases in production over the coming
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TLDR Brent crude rose to $91.87 and WTI climbed to $87.15 on Tuesday as U.S.-Iran tensions escalated U.S. forces struck Iranian military targets on Larak Island; Iran retaliated with missiles at U.S. facilities in Jordan Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz fell to just 5 vessels per day, well below the 10-day average of
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Oil prices climbed in early Asian trade on Monday after the U.S. struck Iran for the first time in over a month, with Iran then retaliating against U.S. bases in Jordan. At the time of writing, WTI front-month futures were trading at $85.46 per barrel, up 2.47%, while Brent front-month futures had climbed 2.71% to $90.49 per barrel. The
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A combination of the flare-up between US and Iran, and the subsequent impact on bond yields and crude oil prices, coupled with fears of the US Fed hiking interest rates this month kept sentiments subdued on Wall Street on Monday. 3 Min Read Benchmark indices on Wall Street began the new trading week on a
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