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title: "Oil gains as Middle East conflict remains unresolved"
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description: "Oil futures looked set to end the week higher as the Hormuz Strait remained closed and it appeared that little progress was made to end the conflict."
datetime: "2026-05-15T14:27:29.000Z"
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# Oil gains as Middle East conflict remains unresolved

Oil futures looked set to end the week higher as the Hormuz Strait remained closed and it appeared that little progress was made to end the conflict.

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