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WTI jumped 1.7% to $93.76 as fresh Middle East hostilities and Strait of Hormuz risk revived the supply premium.

Geopolitics, not demand, is driving crude — and an oil spike complicates the inflation picture the Fed is already watching.

$95 is the next resistance; de-escalation headlines could quickly unwind the premium back toward $90.

Cable was steady at 1.3464 even as gilts slumped on political risk tied to a reported Burnham leadership challenge to Starmer.

UK fiscal and political jitters are capping sterling despite a broadly soft dollar, leaving the pair range-bound.

1.3400 support and 1.3550 resistance frame the range; gilt headlines are the near-term swing factor.