“Oil prices jumped and equities struggled on Monday as Middle East peace talks stumbled and tensions mounted between Iran and the United States. Crude futures shot around seven percent higher after an Iranian news agency announced Tehran had suspended the negotiations with Washington via mediators. The United States and Iran had traded strikes over the weekend and Tehran had insisted that any deal to end the war must cover Israel's escalating offensive into Lebanon.
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