Oil Prices Jump After Trump Rejects Iran Proposal to End War

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Aramco oil facility, south of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Sept. 15, 2019. Fayez Nureldine /AFP via Getty ImagesOil prices climbed higher on May 11 after U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian response to his peace proposal, leaving concerns that the 10-week-long conflict could continue to choke off shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.The price of the benchmark Brent crude oil climbed to $105.92 a barrel in early trading, an intraday spike of around 4.5 percent, as markets reopened after the weekend, as the commodity continued to fluctuate amid the uncertainty caused by the war.

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