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Oil prices jump 5% amid news of renewed confrontations in the Strait of Hormuz


Oil prices rose by more than 5%, and the US dollar index rose after the Iranian Navy announced, on Monday, that it had prevented an American warship from entering Strait of Hormuz.

As a result, futures contracts for Brent rose more than $5 to $113.65 a barrel, after recovering from an initial decline during Asian trading hours.

Iranian state television reported that the Iranian navy blocked warships. "American-Israeli" from entering the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, while Fars News Agency reported that two missiles hit An American warship near Jask in the Gulf of Oman after ignoring Iranian warnings.

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