{"id":659724,"date":"2026-04-01T10:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=659724"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:03:10","slug":"oil-prices-remain-steady-as-trump-signals-possible-end-to-us-iran-war-whats-near-term-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/oil-prices-remain-steady-as-trump-signals-possible-end-to-us-iran-war-whats-near-term-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil prices remain steady as Trump signals possible end to US-Iran war. What&#8217;s near-term outlook?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US-Iran war: Oil prices were largely steady on Tuesday as investors assessed the likelihood of US President Donald Trump moving to end the Iran conflict against risks of supply disruptions from a prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial route for global oil shipments.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude for May delivery edged up 18 cents, or 0.16%, to $112.96 per barrel at 0438 GMT, after slipping 1% earlier in the session. The May contract is set to expire on Tuesday, while the more actively traded June contract stood at $107.10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US-Iran war: Oil prices were largely steady on Tuesday as investors assessed the likelihood of US President Donald Trump moving to end the Iran conflict against risks of supply disruptions from a prolonged shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial route for global oil shipments. Brent crude for May delivery edged up 18 cents, or 0.16%, to $112.96 per barrel at 0438 GMT, after slipping 1% earlier in the session. The May contract is set to expire on Tuesday, while the more actively traded June contract stood at $107.10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[139,130,187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-659724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-mint","category-newspapers","category-oil-gas-live-mint"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659724\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}