Oil - back above $100, stocks slowed: Iran rejects Trump's stated dialog

Iran did not negotiate with the United States as US President Donald Trump claimed, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf said on his social media page X - Axios, citing an Israeli official, had earlier reported that it was the White House representatives who had dialogued with him.

"Fake news is being used to manipulate financial and oil markets and get out of the quagmire in which the U.S. and Israel find themselves," Ghalibaf noted. Iranian television, Bloomberg wrote, reported that the U.S. allegedly tried to negotiate with Iran through mediators, but Iran did not respond to Washington's requests.

Against the backdrop of these reports, Brent crude oil slowed down and rose again to $102 per barrel (at the intraday low of $96 on March 23, at the intraday high - $114.43). April futures for WTI are trading at $90.6 per barrel - after Trump's statements on peace talks with Iran, they fell to $84.

The main U.S. stock indices also slowed down amid news from the Middle East region: the S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite and Dow Jones, which during the session - each - added more than 2.5%, are up 1.17%, 1.34% and 1.4% at the time of publication.

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