US Military Launches Strikes Against Iran's Qeshm Island – WSJ

The Wall Street Journal reported that US military forces launched strikes against Iran's Qeshm Island, a strategically significant island in the Strait of Hormuz. The primary transmission channel for markets is geopolitical risk premium, which typically lifts crude oil prices through fears of supply disruption, since roughly a fifth of global seaborne oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran-linked exposures are the most directly affected, with Iranian sovereign and related instruments facing sanctions-constrained liquidity and heightened default and convertibility risk, while Gulf equity markets, shipping and tanker rates, and defensive assets such as gold and US Treasuries may see flight-to-safety flows. Traders should watch the next moves in Brent and WTI crude futures, any official statements on retaliation or shipping advisories from the US Navy and Gulf states, and the scheduled weekly EIA petroleum inventory report for early signs of supply stress.

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