For a week the Strait of Hormuz looked like a closing story. A single tanker incident, the route reopening, oil sliding to its lowest since late February. The weekend turned it around. US forces carried out fresh strikes on Iran across the weekend, Iran answered with drones and missiles aimed at Bahrain and Kuwait, a second commercial vessel was hit inside the strait, and Tehran threatened to walk away from the talks meant to end the war.
That puts the US-Iran ceasefire in a new posture. It is still in effect. It is now executing under fire. A signed truce can cool the diplomatic tape. It cannot price a contested waterway. Here is the catch that matters for your screen: nothing has actually repriced. Equities, crude, gold and silver were all closed through the weekend, so the escalation lands into Monday's open rather than a live tape.
The direction of risk has reopened to the upside for crude and for havens like gold. The size of that move is unknown. With no weekend session to mark it, Monday's open is the first real mark, and it could gap or fade within hours.
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