{"id":39491,"date":"2026-07-13T15:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39491"},"modified":"2026-07-13T15:44:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T13:44:48","slug":"us-iran-tensions-rattle-markets","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/us-iran-tensions-rattle-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Iran tensions rattle markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The recent failed talks between the United States\u00a0(US)\u00a0and Iran have rattled the markets, following the recent outbreak of hostilities between the two countries over the Strait of Hormuz.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Market analysts say the renewed conflict will see oil prices going up, gold becoming unaffordable while the Rand weakens.<\/div>\n<div>\nOn the opening of the markets this morning, brent crude oil rose by 4%\u00a0 to $79.12 a barrel from $76. 24va barrel at the close of the local market on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The re-closure of the Strait of Hormuz will see oil prices going up.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\nOn the opening of markets, Monday morning, brent crude oil rose by 4%.<\/div>\n<div>\nThis is due to the recent shocks where energy shipments via \u200bthe Strait of Hormuz remain under threat.<\/div>\n<div>\n&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13130,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-39491","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"US and Iran have rattled the markets,","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39492,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39491\/revisions\/39492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}