{"id":72598,"date":"2026-04-24T10:53:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/24\/cac-40-down-nearly-1-as-u-s-iran-tensions-weigh\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:53:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:53:44","slug":"cac-40-down-nearly-1-as-u-s-iran-tensions-weigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/04\/24\/cac-40-down-nearly-1-as-u-s-iran-tensions-weigh\/","title":{"rendered":"CAC 40 Down Nearly 1% As U.S.-Iran Tensions Weigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> French stocks drifted lower on Friday amid rising concerns about Middle East tensions. With the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed, oil prices climbed higher, raising worries about inflation and possible monetary tightening by central banks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">Tensions rose after Iran flaunted its tightened grip over the key Strait of Hormuz and U.S. President Donald Trump said he has ordered the Navy to &#8220;shoot and kill any boat&#8221; that is putting mines in the waters of 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<\/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 Down Nearly 1% As U.S.-Iran Tensions Weigh<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-04-24 10:53:44<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French stocks drifted lower on Friday amid rising concerns about Middle East tensions. With the Strait of Hormuz remaining effectively closed, oil prices climbed higher, raising worries about inflation and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":72599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-euro-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72598","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=72598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/72599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}