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Oil climbs above $ 104
Daily FT
|March 17, 2026
GLOBAL oil prices continued to rise yesterday as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted energy shipments and heightened concerns about global supply.
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Brent crude, the benchmark for international oil prices, climbed as much as 3% on Sunday to exceed $106 a barrel be
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