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Oil prices fall in hopes of a deal between US and Iran

Oil prices fell by four dollars a barrel today after US President Donald Trump postponed a new attack on Iran, seeking to reach a quick agreement between the two sides.

Oman News Agency

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Monday, August 3, 2026

SINGAPORE: Brent crude futures fell $4.08, or 4.64 percent, to $83.85 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped $4.01, or 4.74 percent, to $80.66 a barrel.

Both contracts had jumped by more than 20 percent last month after the resumption of the war between the United States and Iran, and amid escalating security concerns due to attacks on several oil tankers.

On the other hand, the OPEC+ group agreed to increase oil production quotas by about 188,000 barrels per day starting from next September, in a move that completes the cancellation of part of the voluntary production cuts.

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