| Bloodshed in Iraq, sanctions on Russia, conflict in Palestine. If you had asked market participants at the start of the year what would happen to the oil price if such events coincided, few would have predicted it would stay near $100 a barrel.
But since rising to $115 a barrel in mid-June, amid initial fears that fighting with Islamist militants in Iraq would result in major stoppages, the front month price of Brent crude has since dropped to 14-month lows...............................................Full Article: Source
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