Oil prices plunge and stocks jump after Trump announces conditional ceasefire with Iran

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 08, 2026 · 612 words · By Mark Saunokonoko

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Oil prices plunged by almost 15% after Donald Trump held off on his threat to bomb Iran into the stone ages on Tuesday night, and Iran’s foreign minister said passage through the strait of Hormuz would be allowed for the next two weeks under the management of…

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What happened

Why it matters

With just over an hour until his deadline was due to pass, the US president said he was holding off on threatened attacks on Iran, subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the strait of Hormuz.

Common ground

Soon after, Iran’s national security council confirmed it had accepted a two-week ceasefire if attacks against Iran were halted.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 19 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Bitcoin advanced 2.9% to $71,327”

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Claim 2: “Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 5% in early trading”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about the S&P 500 rising 3.2%.

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Claim 3: “South Korea’s Kospi soared 5.9%”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about the Hang Seng Index rising 4.1%.

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Claim 4: “The Shanghai Composite nudged higher by 1.7%”

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Claim 5: “Oil prices have surged since the US and Israel struck Iran at the end of February”

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Claim 6: “Gold prices rose more than 2% to $4,812 per ounce”

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Claim 7: “Brent crude oil dropped 14.4% to $93.48”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about oil prices dropping 11.5%.

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Claim 8: “The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.24% from 4.30% earlier Tuesday”

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Claim 9: “Pakistan’s prime minister urged Trump to extend his deadline for another two weeks and asked Iran to open up the strait for the same amount of time”

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Claim 10: “Oil prices plunged by almost 15% after Donald Trump held off on his threat to bomb Iran into the stone ages on Tuesday night”

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Wikipedia entries reference the 2026 Iran war and Trump's general pattern of delayed threats, but none mention oil price movements or specific decisions about Iran attacks in February/March 2026. No evidence confirms the 15% oil price drop claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials and inflicting over…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Trump Always Chickens Out (TACO) is a pejorative description of the perceived tendency of US president Donald Trump to make threats, only to later delay them as a way to increase time for negotiations…
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Claim 11: “The US president said he was holding off on threatened attacks on Iran, subject to Tehran agreeing to a two-week ceasefire and reopening of the strait of Hormuz”

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Wikipedia entries reference US military actions in 2026 related to Hormuz but do not mention any conditions tied to Trump delaying attacks, such as a two-week ceasefire. No evidence confirms this specific claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…

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Claim 12: “Futures for US crude oil sank 14.7% to $96.27 a barrel”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about oil prices dropping 11.5%.

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Claim 13: “Iran’s national security council confirmed it had accepted a two-week ceasefire if attacks against Iran were halted”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about Iran's national security council accepting a ceasefire.

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Claim 14: “Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged 2.6%”

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Claim 15: “Tehran said peace negotiations with the US would begin in Islamabad on Friday”

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Claim 16: “The Strait of Hormuz handles a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas transportation”

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Claim 17: “Australia’s S+P/ASX 200 jumped 2.6%”

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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or refute this claim about the Nikkei 225 rising 6.8%.

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Claim 18: “Iran’s foreign minister said passage through the strait of Hormuz would be allowed for the next two weeks under the management of its military”

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Wikipedia entries discuss the 2026 Strait of Hormuz closure and US military efforts to reopen it, but none mention Iran's foreign minister announcing a two-week military-managed passage. No evidence confirms this specific claim.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula, shared by the United Arab Emirate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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Claim 19: “Ether climbed 5.6% to $2,234”

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