
WSJ reported on covert US strikes on Iran - oil price rose 2%
On the morning of November 3, oil rose by about 2% - the market reacted to a report by The Wall Street Journal that the US is carrying out covert strikes on Iran.
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On the morning of November 3, oil rose by about 2% - the market reacted to a report by The Wall Street Journal that the US is carrying out covert strikes on Iran.

On November 2, US stocks rebounded sharply after recent sell-offs. There are two reasons: anticipation of a peace deal on Iran and public statements by the White House's chief economic adviser that there is no crisis in the artificial intelligence sector.

On November 2, oil fell by about 4% in a session. The reason is not inventories or production, but headlines: media report hopes for a peace deal on Iran.

Yemen's Houthi movement said on October 22 that it had struck King Fahd Airport in Dammam, the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense building and another Saudi Aramco facility. Following this, Saudi Aramco (the world's largest oil company and Saudi Arabia's state company) ordered the evacuation of personnel from its headquarters in Dhahran and their transfer to remote work.

France has become Europe's main problem: the yield on its 10-year government bonds (OATs) broke through 5%, and the spread with German paper reached 158-160 basis points - the widest since 2011, that is, since the height of the eurozone debt crisis.

On October 8, WTI oil rose to $90.87 and at one point approached $91.00, gaining about 3% in a day. The rise was supported by new attacks on facilities in Saudi Arabia, risks to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, and a decline in US oil inventories.