The shares of crude-sensitive companies including OMCs, paint and tyre makers gained up to 5% on Monday as oil prices dropped 5% to fall below $90 per barrel after Iran and US agreed on a framework to end the month-long conflict in the oil-rich Middle East and open up the Strait of Hormuz.
US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that the much-awaited agreement has been finalised. "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete," Trump wrote on Truth Social. He further said that the Strait of Hormuz, a vital route for global oil shipments that Iran had effectively closed for months, would reopen on Friday, while the US would end its blockade of Iranian ports. "Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!" Trump wrote.