Oil Prices Slide On U.S.-Iran Signing, But Fed Rate-Hike Odds Surge

Oil prices continued tumbling on Thursday after President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deal starts a 60-day negotiation period centered on Iran's nuclear program. It requires the U.S. to lift its blockade of Iran's ports, free up frozen Iranian funds, waive sanctions of Iranian oil sales and prevail upon Israel to cease military operations in Lebanon.