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US Central Command (CENTCOM) publicly disputed a claim by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that the Panama-flagged oil tanker El Gaia had struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The conflicting accounts add to uncertainty over the security situation in the strategic waterway, a critical corridor for global oil shipments, amid ongoing hostilities linked to the wider Iran conflict.

Sources:Al Jazeera

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What this touches in markets

Stored closes for the instruments tied to this story's tags and places, with their dates.

  • WTI Crude Oil closed at 104.12, up 2.08%, on 2026-10-30. Listed for: Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz.
  • Brent Crude Oil closed at 117.64, up 2.40%, on 2026-10-30. Listed for: Persian Gulf / Strait of Hormuz.

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