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Oil steadies at $100 and markets stay volatile as US-Iran talks stall

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 595 words · By Quirino Mealha
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What to know about Oil steadies at $100 and markets stay volatile as US-Iran talks stall

Brent crude trades at $100 per barrel while European indices drop, Asian stocks close mostly flat and US equities open higher.

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What happened

Brent crude trades at $100 per barrel while European indices drop, Asian stocks close mostly flat and US equities open higher.

Why it matters

Markets remain volatile as US-Iran talks stall and President Trump reiterates nuclear demands.

Common ground

Brent crude edged 2.5% higher on Tuesday and seems to have steadied around $100 per barrel at the time of writing, as US-Iran negotiations stall.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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Claim 1: “the S&P 500 also opened 0.6% higher”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiations aimed at ending the conflict could require 'a few days' to reach an agreement”
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Three separate web search results (including Politico) confirm Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated negotiations could take 'a few days'.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Rubio says US-Iran peace deal could take 'a few more days'. Negotiations are ongoing amid new American attacks on missile sites and mine-laying ...
https://www.politico.eu/article/marco-rubio-us-iran-war-coul…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, US Secretary ...
https://www.facebook.com/Reuters/posts/secretary-of-state-ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday negotiating a deal with Iran could “take a few days,” quashing hopes for an imminent end ...
https://www.facebook.com/themorning.lk.official/posts/us-sec…
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Claim 3: “The UK's FTSE 100, Germany's DAX 30, France's CAC 40, Italy’s FTSE MIB, the Netherlands' AEX and Switzerland's CH20 have all dropped between 0.1% and 0.7%”
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No evidence was found for this claim in the provided search results.
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Claim 4: “the Euro Stoxx 50 has fallen more than 0.7%”
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The evidence provides general information about what the Euro Stoxx 50 is, but does not provide the specific current percentage drop mentioned in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Eurostoxx50 is the benchmark index for the European equity market. It is an index made of the 50 largest stocks in the euro zone, weighted by their free float-adjusted market capitalization. A sec…
https://www.marignycapital.com/en/a-deep-dive-into-the-euros…
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web search NEUTRAL — Yahoo Finance's complete list of world stock indexes offers up-to-the-minute points and percentage change, volume, intraday highs and lows, 52 week range, and day charts.
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/world-indices/
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web search NEUTRAL — the pan-European Stoxx-600 index.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.STOXX
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Claim 5: “UKMTO said the tanker and all crew members were unharmed, although a quantity of bunker fuel spilled into the sea”
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Claim 6: “the vessel was located about 60 nautical miles from Muscat, the capital of Oman”
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Claim 7: “South Korea's KOSPI jumped 2.5%”
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Claim 8: “Washington carried out what it described as defensive strikes in the southern part of the country [Iran]”
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Multiple sources, including CENTCOM via news reports and Google News, confirm the US carried out 'self-defense' or 'defensive' strikes in southern Iran.
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web search NEUTRAL — US launches self-defense strikes in southern Iran, CENTCOM says.The U.S. military carried out “self-defense strikes” in southern Iran on Monday, targeting missile launch sites and Iranian boats, accor…
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/iran-war-news-trump-strait…
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web search NEUTRAL — US carries out ‘defensive’ airstrikes in Iran to protect troops.US military launches strikes on southern Iran amid talks in Qatar. 5 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — While the United States has sunk most of Iran’s conventional navy, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps still retains hundreds of small speedboats that can be used to lay mines in the strait.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/world/middleeast/us-iran-…
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Claim 9: “the broader pan-European Stoxx 600 is trading around 1% lower”
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The evidence mentions the Stoxx 600 closing 2.35% higher in one instance and gaining 0.1% in another, but does not corroborate a 1% drop.
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web search NEUTRAL — Stoxx 600 is up practically 48% from a calendar year in the past.
https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/.STOXX
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web search NEUTRAL — As European markets experience a positive uptick, with the pan-European STOXX Europe 600 Index closing 2.35% higher and major single-country indexes also rising, investors are keenly observing opportu…
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/3-european-stocks-estimated-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Eurozone's STOXX 50 gained 0.2% to 6,078 and the pan-European STOXX 600 gained 0.1% to 628. Iran stated it had an unofficial draft of an agreement with the US that would end their conflict and ree…
https://tradingeconomics.com/euro-area/stock-market/news/554…
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Claim 10: “Japan's Nikkei 225 and Taiwan's TAIEX closed flat”
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Claim 11: “Iran’s foreign ministry stated that the US attacks in the Hormozgan province... amounted to a 'serious violation' of the fragile ceasefire that has been in effect for almost seven weeks”
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Multiple web search results confirm Iran's foreign ministry described US attacks in Hormozgan province as a violation of a ceasefire.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hormozgan province (Persian: استان هرمزگان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Bandar Abbas. The province is in the south of the country, in Iran's Region 2 facing Oman, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormozgan_province
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are eleven ports in the south of Iran and four in the north. The following is the list of ports in Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Iran
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Claim 12: “traffic through the chokepoint has dropped sharply, with only a few dozen ships currently using the route each day, compared with the usual 125 to 140 vessels”
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Claim 13: “Brent crude edged 2.5% higher on Tuesday”
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Two separate web search results confirm Brent crude rose by 2.5% on a Tuesday (one citing $103.70 and another citing $98.50, but both agreeing on the 2.5% increase).
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Brent crude futures for September settlement rose $2.54, or 2.5%, to $103.70 a barrel by 0648 GMT, after a 2.1% gain on Friday. US West ...
https://www.facebook.com/WFMYNews2/posts/oil-prices-gained-m…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Brent crude futures rose more than 2% on Tuesday after the U.S. ... Brent futures LCOc1 were up $2.36, or 2.5%, to $98.50 a barrel as ...
https://www.oedigital.com/news/539579-brent-jumps-2-after-us…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 29, 2026 · MISA License: T2023294 #CapPlace #cfds #crude #oil #oilandgas #oilprice #tradingnews #brent #stockprice #fed #wti #cpi #interestrates #crudeoil ...
https://www.facebook.com/wtol11/posts/brent-crude-is-up-over…
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Claim 14: “WTI dropped over 4% and is trading around $92.6 per barrel”
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While there is general information about WTI and Brent, none of the provided evidence mentions a specific 4% drop or a price of $92.6 per barrel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — West Texas Intermediate (WTI) is a grade or mix of crude oil; the term is also used to refer to the spot price, the futures price, or assessed price for that oil. In colloquial usage, WTI usually refe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Texas_Intermediate
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brent Crude is the trading classification for the types of petroleum—sweet crude oil and light crude oil—first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent Crude also ide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Crude
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — WTI or wti may refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTI
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Claim 15: “On Tuesday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported that a tanker experienced an external blast near the waterline on its port side”
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Claim 16: “Brent crude trades at $100 per barrel”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, Supplychaindigital, The Guardian) report Brent crude trading around or above $100 per barrel.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brent may refer to: Brent (name), an English given and surname
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brent Crude is the trading classification for the types of petroleum—sweet crude oil and light crude oil—first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent Crude also ide…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brent_Crude
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Icon is the third studio album by American musician Brent Faiyaz. It was released on February 13, 2026, through ISO Supremacy and UnitedMasters, as the follow-up to his second studio album, Wasteland …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_(Brent_Faiyaz_album)
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Claim 17: “On Monday, US President Donald Trump also reiterated nuclear demands in a social media post”
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The provided evidence for this claim discusses 'Powerful IDEA Awardees' and individuals like Madalene Mielke and Becky Pringle; it contains no information regarding Donald Trump or nuclear demands.
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web search NEUTRAL — Long before joining as CEO and president of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS), Madalene worked to empower Asian-Pacific Americans in politics and public policy.
https://www.gainpower.org/powerfulideaawards/2024powerfulide…
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web search NEUTRAL — This year, we honor Madalene Xuan-Trang Mielke, President & CEO of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) and Founder of Arum Group, LLC.
https://www.gainpower.org/powerfulideaawards/2024powerfulide…
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web search NEUTRAL — This year, we are presenting the Lee Saunders Outstanding Labor Leadership Award to Becky Pringle, President of the National Education Association. About Becky Pringle
https://www.gainpower.org/powerfulideaawards/2024powerfulide…
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