{
  "id": 72248,
  "title": "Oil prices lower on Middle East hopes and as OPEC+ boosts production",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/oil-prices-lower-on-middle-east-hopes-and-as-opec-boosts-production",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-03T05:50:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
    "slug": "euronews",
    "url": "http://www.euronews.com/business/2026/08/03/oil-prices-lower-on-middle-east-hopes-and-as-opec-boosts-production"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Oil prices were lower on Monday morning. This was after OPEC+ announced it would boost production for September. US President Donald Trump also called off a planned strike on Iran, which put downward pressure on prices.\n\nThe US-Iran conflict has been causing significant global oil price fluctuations. According to Euronews and FXStreet, Trump said he was holding off on delivering new strikes on Iran in order to reach a deal on its nuclear programme and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.\n\nIran's semi-official Mehr news agency, as reported by FXStreet, denied that Tehran had asked Washington to hold off on further military action, saying Trump's claims were \"nothing but a new lie\".",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "FXStreet",
        "title": "Middle East War updates: Trump holds off Iran strikes on pledge Hormuz deal is close",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/02/middle-east-war-updates-trump-holds-off-iran-strikes-on-pledge-hormuz",
        "published": "2026-08-02T22:37:57.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iranian official says they are close to reaching Hormuz deal with Oman",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/iranian-official-says-they-are-close-to-reaching-hormuz-deal-with-oman",
        "published": "2026-08-03T05:28:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euronews Business",
        "title": "Oil prices lower on Middle East hopes and as OPEC+ boosts production",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/oil-prices-lower-on-middle-east-hopes-and-as-opec-boosts-production-73246",
        "published": "2026-08-03T05:50:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}