{"id":8906,"date":"2024-10-25T13:56:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8906"},"modified":"2024-10-25T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T12:56:11","slug":"oil-prices-on-track-for-weekly-gains-amid-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=8906","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices on Track for Weekly Gains Amid Middle East Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on <strong>Friday<\/strong>, positioning for <strong>weekly gains exceeding 1%<\/strong>, as geopolitical tensions in the <strong>Middle East<\/strong> continue to influence market sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brent crude futures<\/strong> increased by <strong>45 cents<\/strong> (0.6%) to <strong>$74.83 per barrel<\/strong>, while <strong>West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures<\/strong> climbed <strong>43 cents<\/strong> (0.6%) to <strong>$70.62 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous trading session, both benchmarks dropped by <strong>58 cents per barrel<\/strong>, reflecting market volatility driven by <strong>conflicting expectations<\/strong> over the escalation and de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>For more updates on global markets and energy trends, visit our website at <a href=\"https:\/\/DZWATCH.DZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DZWATCH.DZ<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> nor-eleslam<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oil prices, Brent, WTI, Middle East tensions, market volatility, energy news<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Friday, positioning for weekly gains exceeding 1%, as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to influence market sentiment. Brent crude futures increased by 45 cents (0.6%) to $74.83 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed 43 cents (0.6%) to $70.62 per barrel. In &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":9,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8908,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8906\/revisions\/8908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}