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- Broader financial markets have not reacted with panic after the US and Iran resumed attacks. PHOTO: EPA
Chez Anbu
Published Tue, Jul 14, 2026 · 03:09 PM
MARKETS rallied through much of the US-Iran conflict. Now, the truce between the United States and Iran is looking less like peace and more like a pause between strikes
Attacks have resumed. Both sides are testing each other’s limits and the Strait of Hormuz remains the market’s most obvious pressure point
Yet, despite the geopolitical tension and volatility in energy markets, broader financial markets have not reacted with the kind of sustained panic one might expect
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