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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jillian Ambrose

Oil prices rise sharply after Iran launches attacks on tankers near strait of Hormuz

Two people in wetsuits stand on a beach with a large red oil tanker visible offshore
Global oil prices had previously fallen from highs of more than $110 a barrel in late May after more tankers were able to transit the strait of Hormuz. Photograph: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA

Oil markets have recorded their sharpest price rise in nearly two months after a series of attacks on fossil fuel tankers near the strait of Hormuz led Donald Trump to declare that the ceasefire deal with Iran was over.

At the same time, UK short-dated bonds suffered their worst day since the end of March as the prospect grew of a Bank of England rate rise to cope with the renewed inflationary pressures.

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