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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Callum Jones and Alex Daniel

Oil prices fall and stocks rebound after Trump says Iran war could end ‘very soon’

Donald Trump holds a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami in Miami
Donald Trump has tried to play down the remarkable jump in oil prices, saying they had risen ‘probably less than I thought they’d go up’. Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Oil prices have tumbled from four-year highs, capping an extraordinary 24 hours in global markets and prompting global stocks to rebound after Donald Trump suggested the US-Israel war on Iran could end “very soon”.

Brent crude, the international benchmark, surged as high as $119.50 a barrel on Monday as the Middle East conflict intensified fears of a deepening energy supply crisis.

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