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Oil Prices Jump as Middle East Tensions Build

NY Times · Jun 1, 2026, 6:38 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

Some analysts said the main international oil price, which was up 6 percent on Monday, could climb much higher in the coming weeks if the Strait of Hormuz doesn’t reopen.

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