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Oil price ‘may fall to $60 a barrel’ as voyages through the strait of Hormuz jump – business live

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsVoyages through the Strait of Hormuz have more than quadrupled in the past week amid growing confidence in the US and Iran’s 60-day ceasefire, the Financial Times reports.The number of traceable journeys by ships passing into and out of the Gulf each day has increased from between one and two for the majority of the conflict to eight on July 1, according to a moving seven-day average from maritime data platform Signal.“Fundamentals are ra

Oil price ‘may fall to $60 a barrel’ as voyages through the strait of Hormuz jump – business live

Published July 3, 2026 · Category: Markets

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Voyages through the Strait of Hormuz have more than quadrupled in the past week amid growing confidence in the US and Iran’s 60-day ceasefire, the Financial Times reports.

The number of traceable journeys by ships passing into and out of the Gulf each day has increased from between one and two for the majority of the conflict to eight on July 1, according to a moving seven-day average from maritime data platform Signal.

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“Fundamentals are rapidly reasserting themselves.

Shipping flows are normalizing, Chinese buyers remain absent, physical crude markets have weakened sharply, and inventories have drawn far less than expected.”

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Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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