TRUMP ON IRAN: WE MAY DO ANOTHER OPERATION AGAINST IRAN

The headline reports that former President Donald Trump indicated the United States may conduct another military operation against Iran, with no details on timing, scale, or targets provided in the report itself. The core market transmission channel here is geopolitical risk premia: renewed military threats typically lift crude oil prices through expectations of supply disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and surrounding shipping lanes, and they tend to bid up safe-haven assets such as gold, the U.S. dollar, U.S. Treasuries, and the Swiss franc. Energy equities, tanker and defense stocks, and oil-sensitive currencies such as the Indian rupee and Japanese yen (as a major crude importer) are the most directly exposed to a shift in risk sentiment. Traders should watch Brent and WTI crude futures for any sustained premium, the spread between Brent and WTI for signs of Middle East-specific rather than broad supply concern, and weekly EIA inventory data and OPEC+ production commentary for confirmation of whether any supply impact is materializing.

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