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Oil prices set for volatility as US-Iran standoff persists

The lack of progress resolving the status of the Strait of Hormuz is expected to keep conditions unstable in crude markets, according to NYT Business.

NYT Business reports that oil prices are likely to remain volatile while the United States and Iran cannot resolve the status of the Strait of Hormuz.

The outlet links the uncertainty to fresh hostilities between the two countries.

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