{"id":73507,"date":"2026-05-18T09:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/18\/oil-prices-extend-rally-amid-escalating-iran-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:30:51","slug":"oil-prices-extend-rally-amid-escalating-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/05\/18\/oil-prices-extend-rally-amid-escalating-iran-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Extend Rally Amid Escalating Iran Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div><p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">Oil prices climbed on Monday, building on last week&#8217;s rally as the continued near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz kept supply concerns elevated.Brent crude futures for July delivery were up nearly 1 percent at $110.34 a barrel, while WTI crude futures for July delivery surged 1.3 percent to $102.29.Amid stalled peace talks, U.S. President Donald Trump has warned Iran the &#8220;clock is ticking&#8221; and th&#8230;<\/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 \/>Oil Prices Extend Rally Amid Escalating Iran Tensions<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-05-18 09:30:51<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices climbed on Monday, building on last week&#8217;s rally as the continued near-shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz kept supply concerns elevated.Brent crude futures for July delivery were up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.unsplash.com\/photo-1585504256855-6718f7a693ae?ixid=MXwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHw=&ixlib=rb-1.2.1&auto=format&fit=crop&w=934&q=80","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73507","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=73507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/73508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}