Trump Rejects Iran Proposal, Oil Surges, Gold Steady

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US President Donald Trump rejected Iran's conditional proposal to reopen shipping routes in the Strait of Hormuz, calling it unacceptable, sending WTI crude up 1.14 dollars, or 1.23%, to 93.55 dollars a barrel, and Brent crude up 1.82 dollars, or 1.74%, to 106.14 dollars a barrel. Meanwhile, Dow futures fell 167 points, or 0.32%, to 51,996 on concerns about inflation and the outlook for rising interest rates. Axios reported that OpenAI has temporarily paused training its most advanced AI model to investigate tens of thousands of anomalies together with Anthropic. The state of Alabama reached a settlement with TikTok and ByteDance, under which it will receive at least 100 million dollars and potentially as much as 300 million dollars, while TikTok will be required to limit usage to a maximum of 2 hours per day.

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⛏Brent Crude Oil Futures
BRENT
▲ PositiveGeopoliticsrelevance

Rejection of Iran's Hormuz shipping proposal pushed Brent crude up 1.74% on supply-disruption fears.

⛏Crude Oil WTI Futures
WTI
▲ PositiveGeopoliticsrelevance

Trump rejected Iran's proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz shipping routes, tightening supply prospects and lifting WTI crude.

Off-coverage companies 3

ByteDancePrivate▼ Negative
Regulationrelevance

Alabama settlement requires TikTok/ByteDance to pay up to $300M and cap usage at 2 hours per day.

OpenAIPrivate± Mixed
Technologyrelevance

OpenAI temporarily paused training its most advanced AI model to investigate anomalies with Anthropic; unclear net impact.

AnthropicPrivate± Mixed
Technologyrelevance

Anthropic is assisting OpenAI in investigating tens of thousands of training anomalies; no clear directional impact.

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