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title: "Carnival Stock Slides as Crude Surges on Renewed Iran Tensions"
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description: "Carnival Corporation stock declined 2.3% as crude oil prices surged nearly 4% following the end of the ceasefire with Iran. This marks a sixth consecutive daily drop for the cruise line, compounding a 9% loss over the past year. While travel stocks struggle, defense stocks gained. Technical analysis suggests $26 as potential support, with short interest at 3% and elevated put/call activity indicating bearish sentiment among traders."
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# Carnival Stock Slides as Crude Surges on Renewed Iran Tensions

**Carnival Corporation Ltd (NYSE:CCL)** stock is off by 2.3% in electronic trading as the cost of oil continues to surge following news that President Donald Trump has **ended the ceasefire** with Iran. Travel stocks—namely the cruise sector—are struggling, while defense stocks enjoy a boost. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude is up nearly 4% at last glance.

Should these losses hold, it will mark a sixth-straight daily fall for the cruise name, adding more weight to its already steep 9% drop in the past 12 months. The $26 level could step in as support, most recently capturing an early June pullback.

It's worth noting that short interest has fallen 16.6% during the past two reporting periods and now accounts for 3% of CCL's available float. It would take shorts less than two days to buy back their bearish bets, at the equity's average pace of daily trading.

Puts have been popular for short-term traders as of late. This is per the stock's Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) of 1.45, which ranks higher than 85% of readings from the past year. 

These options are affordably priced as well. Specifically, Carnival stock's Schaeffer’s Volatility Index (SVI) of 47% stands in the 27th percentile of its annual range.

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