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- Talks between officials were postponed after Vice President JD Vance delayed a trip to Switzerland for next phase of negotiations.
- New strikes by Israel in Lebanon underscored the fragility of the preliminary agreement.
- Unclear conditions in the Strait of Hormuz led shipping companies to weigh safety of transit through the Persian Gulf.
- Despite tenuous diplomatic breakthroughs, oil remains on track to fall for a second straight week as traders react.
Oil prices rose on Friday in a choppy trading session, as cracks started to emerge in the preliminary deal between the United States and Iran to end the war.
Talks between officials representing the countries were postponed, with Vice President JD Vance delaying a scheduled trip to Switzerland for the next phase of negotiations amid Israel launching new strikes in Lebanon, highlighting the fragility of the agreement signed this week. With the status of conditions in Strait of Hormuz unclear, shipping companies weighed whether it was safe to transit the waterway, a crucial passageway for oil and gas in the Persian Gulf.
Oil prices remain on track to fall for a second straight week, though, as traders react to apparent diplomatic breakthroughs, however tenuous, in recent days.
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