Oil drops over 4% as Middle East tensions ebb on diplomatic efforts

Oil prices fell four percent on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced he had called off a planned strike on Iran. The drop reflects investors stepping back from the heightened geopolitical risk premiums they'd added to the market, per CNBC. Commodity prices are particularly vulnerable to swings in military tensions.

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