Hormuz On The Line: Oil Markets Brace For Monday As Iran Threatens To Shut The World's Most Critical Chokepoint
The US-Iran conflict is escalating fast, oil is whipsawing, and traders are staring down a Monday open that nobody wants to be wrong about
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Let's skip the pleasantries: Iran's Revolutionary Guards threatened to completely close the Strait of Hormuz if Trump follows through on his ultimatum targeting Iranian energy infrastructure — and Saudi Aramco's CEO quietly pulled out of a major international energy conference over the weekend. That's not a nothing-burger. Roughly 20% of global oil supply transits that strait daily, and the market is already pricing in pain, with oil prices expected to surge further on Monday's open per Reuters.
The macro fallout is spreading fast. The dollar is spiking on haven demand, Asia shares are sliding, Treasury yields are climbing, and UK PM Starmer called an emergency economic meeting on Sunday. Meanwhile, Treasury Secretary Bessent told anyone who'd listen that the US has "plenty" of funds for an Iran war — which is either reassuring or deeply unsettling depending on your portfolio positioning.
Oh, and somehow in the middle of all this geopolitical chaos, SpaceX is still pricing its $1.77 trillion IPO next Thursday and it's oversubscribed. Retail really said: war? cool, still buying rockets.