{"id":227256,"date":"2026-05-21T05:54:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=227256"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:54:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:54:42","slug":"oil-prices-whipsaw-as-u-s-iran-conflict-shakes-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=227256","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Whipsaw as U.S.-Iran Conflict Shakes Markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Crude oil prices experienced one of the most volatile trading weeks of 2026 during the period of May 3 through May 7, as traders reacted to the ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict, disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, and sudden changes in diplomatic negotiations. June West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures swung violently between a high of $107.46 and a low of $88.66 before stabilizing near $97 a barrel by the end of the week&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Energy\/Energy-General\/Oil-Prices-Whipsaw-as-US-Iran-Conflict-Shakes-Markets.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crude oil prices experienced one of the most volatile trading weeks of 2026 during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":227257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-227256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lse-mrkt"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets.jpg",1000,563,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets.jpg",640,360,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets.jpg",1000,563,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets.jpg",1000,563,false],"chromenews-featured":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets.jpg",1000,563,false],"chromenews-large":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets-825x563.jpg",825,563,true],"chromenews-medium":["https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/227256-oil-prices-whipsaw-as-us-iran-conflict-shakes-markets-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Jonathan Jeriah","author_link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?cat=26\" rel=\"category\">London Market<\/a>","tag_info":"London Market","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=227256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/227257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=227256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=227256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=227256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}