Morning Bid: Weekend wars

What matters in U.S. and global markets today

By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets

Is it over or not? World markets that assumed the Middle East conflict was over and done with got a rude awakening over ‌the weekend after the United States conducted fresh strikes on Iran in response to attacks on Gulf shipping.

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But oil markets barely ‌got a chance to react in early trading today, as the two sides agreed to halt hostilities and resume peace talks once again.

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Crude prices didn't react much to the weekend's hostilities, maintaining their recent slide to pre-war levels heading into the week, with parts of the oil market already seeing oversupply due to a resumption of Gulf shipping. Brent crude was still trading at under $73 per barrel on Monday ‌morning, after slipping more than 10% last we

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