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Oil prices extend gains as Trump sharpens rhetoric on Iran

By Anmol Choubey BENGALURU, April 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump heightened his rhetoric against Iran, threatening stronger action if the country fails to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key global oil transit chokepoint. Brent crude futures... Read More.

Dollar kept aloft as another Trump deadline looms

SINGAPORE, April 7 (Reuters) - The dollar stood just shy of recent highs on Tuesday as traders counted down to a U.S.-imposed deadline for Iran to open the Persian Gulf to shipping or face attacks on its infrastructure. War in the Middle East and the... Read More.