Oil Falls As Iran and US Diplomatic Relations Progressing

West Texas Intermediate crude fell to the lowest level in more than six weeks on speculation that U.S.-Iranian relations are thawing and as the threat of an American military strike on Syria ebbs.
Futures dropped as much as 1.2 percent amid the possibility of contact between President Barack Obama and Iran’s Hassan Rohani at the United Nations General Assembly today in New York. Any interaction would be a significant symbol of a shift in relations between the countries. The UN Security Council is working toward an agreement to disarm Syria’s chemical weapons.

via Bloomberg

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Alfonso Esparza

Alfonso Esparza

Senior Currency Analyst at Market Pulse
Alfonso Esparza specializes in macro forex strategies for North American and major currency pairs. Upon joining OANDA in 2007, Alfonso Esparza established the MarketPulseFX blog and he has since written extensively about central banks and global economic and political trends. Alfonso has also worked as a professional currency trader focused on North America and emerging markets. He has been published by The MarketWatch, Reuters, the Wall Street Journal and The Globe and Mail, and he also appears regularly as a guest commentator on networks including Bloomberg and BNN. He holds a finance degree from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM) and an MBA with a specialization on financial engineering and marketing from the University of Toronto.
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