{"id":1680,"date":"2026-10-21T15:28:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/5000.news\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2026-10-21T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:28:49","slug":"petrol-tseni-iran-sasht-21-oktomvri-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/petrol-tseni-iran-sasht-21-oktomvri-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices rise by more than $2 amid US\u2013Iran tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices rose by more than two dollars a barrel on 21 October as prospects for diplomatic progress between the United States and Iran diminished, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude gained $2.06 to $110.85 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) rose $2.13 to $99.95, according to the market report. Prices fluctuate during trading.<\/p>\n<p>Markets are responding to concerns about the security of Middle Eastern supplies, including tensions on maritime routes. Another factor is the latest US crude inventory data, showing a decline of 4.9 million barrels in the week ending 16 October.<\/p>\n<p>Higher crude prices may put upward pressure on transport costs and fuel prices, although the impact on consumers also depends on exchange rates, taxes and retail margins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-rises-middle-east-supply-worries-2026-10-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustrative photograph: Nils Huenerfuerst \/ Unsplash. Used under the Unsplash License.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent and US crude oil prices climbed amid supply concerns and falling US stockpiles.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biznes","category-svyat"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1686,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1680\/revisions\/1686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/5000.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}