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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.

Gold edged up 0.3% to $4,489, holding the $4,500 zone, after a Reuters note flagged it has overtaken Treasurys as the top central-bank reserve asset.

Structural central-bank demand and sticky inflation underpin gold even with real yields elevated — a durable, not speculative, bid.

$4,500 is immediate resistance, $4,420 support; any hot inflation read keeps the bid firm.