Oil plunges 10% on Trump's Iran comments, but the chaos could continue

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Oil prices plunged late Monday after President Donald Trump signaled that the Iran war may be nearing an end. International benchmark Brent crude and US West Texas Intermediate futures were down about 10% at 9:48 p.m. ET, trading at $89.13 and $85.78 a barrel, respectively. Both had fallen as much as 11% earlier in the day. The sharp reversal came after a dramatic surge on Sunday night, when oil futures spiked to nearly $120 a barrel amid escalating fears of supply disruptions at the Strait of

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