Oil prices spike after US assassinates Iranian military leader
America’s assassination of Iranian security commander Qasem Soleimani today caused the third Iran-linked spike in oil prices in the space of a year. Brent crude prices climbed as much as 4.6%, to $69.30 per barrel, their highest point since May 2019, after the US announced it would end waivers to sanctions on Iranian oil imports. In September …
News story posted on 2020-01-05T00:05:00.0000000Z
