The US-Israel-Iran war · Energy, shipping and markets

Oil rebounds more than 5 percent after Touska seizure and renewed Hormuz restrictions

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Brent crude rose 5.08 dollars, or 5.62 percent, to 95.46 dollars a barrel by 04:18 GMT on 20 April, and WTI rose 5.97 percent to 88.86 dollars, Reuters reported, recovering much of the previous Friday's roughly 9 percent fall. Kpler data showed more than 20 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz on 18 April, the most since 1 March, before Iran reimposed restrictions.

When: 20 April 2026
Where: Strait of Hormuz, No single country
What: market
Attribution: Not attributed. Market movement.
In the record: Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled

Sources

Evidence Profit by Pakistan Today Media · Unaffiliated origin: Reuters market reporting and Kpler data · published 2026-04-20 00:00 UTC

History

When	Field	From	To	Why
2026-10-27 21:03 UTC	status	null	reported	P1 backfilled: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule

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