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Brent crude suffers steepest weekly fall since 2020 as Middle East price war and Iran-talk hopes flood the market
Brent crude fell more than 16 per cent last week, its steepest weekly drop since April 2020, as Saudi Arabia slashed prices, Hormuz exports recovered and hopes of a US-Iran deal stripped the war premium from oil, with Brent trading near $98 on Monday.
OPEC+ formally keeps December oil targets steady at about 31 million barrels a day, leaving the hard 2027 call for 29 November
OPEC+ confirmed on Sunday that its seven core producers will hold December output targets at September levels — Saudi Arabia at 10.478 million barrels a day and Russia at 9.949 million — as war disruption keeps most members pumping below target and Brent crude trades above $117 a barrel.