{"id":72410,"date":"2026-04-20T10:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/20\/cac-40-slids-1-1-as-oil-rises-amid-u-s-iran-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T10:51:07","slug":"cac-40-slids-1-1-as-oil-rises-amid-u-s-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/20\/cac-40-slids-1-1-as-oil-rises-amid-u-s-iran-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC 40 Slids 1.1% As Oil Rises Amid U.S.-Iran Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> French stocks drifted lower on Monday on renewed tensions in the Middle East after Iran rejected participation in a second round of peace negotiations with the U.S., citing Washington&#8217;s excessive demands, constant shifts in stance, contradictions and the continuing naval blockade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">The U.S. seized an Iranian vessel, and the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, reviving inflation and interest-rate fears. Iran has launched drone attacks on U.S. military ships following the seizure of an Iranian vessel near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall-wrapper\">\n<p><i class=\"bi bi-lock-fill\"\/> Subscribe to continue reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>This article is part of our premium content offering.Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe Now<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>CAC 40 Slids 1.1% As Oil Rises Amid U.S.-Iran Tensions<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-04-20 10:51:07<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French stocks drifted lower on Monday on renewed tensions in the Middle East after Iran rejected participation in a second round of peace negotiations with the U.S., citing Washington&#8217;s excessive&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-72410","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-euro-markets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/72411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}