# Oil prices climb as traders assess Middle East developments

https://mins.news/en/item/108918

- CNBC, 2026-10-21 05:27 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/oil-price-today-wti-brent-rise-on-middle-east-worries.html

> Oil prices rose as traders weighed developments in the Middle East. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Tuesday that naval mines had stopped three tankers trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

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