Oil stabilises as investors watch for Red Sea developments

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developments, with some major shippers resuming passage through the trade route despite continued attacks and broader. was down 17 cents, or 0.21%, at $80.90 a barrel by 09:40 (GMT)..

The benchmarks settled more than 2% up in the previous session as fresh attacks on ships in the Red Sea prompted fears of shipping disruption, with further price support from hopes of US. interest rate cuts that could boost economic growth and fuel demand...

Despite the attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia, large shipping companies such as Maersk and France's CMA CGM were resuming passage through the Red Sea after the deployment of a multinational task force to the region...

But crude exports from the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal near the port have already resumed, Kazakhstan's energy ministry said.. US crude stocks were expected to have fallen by 2.6 million barrels last week while distillate and gasoline inventories were likely expected to have risen, a preliminary Reuters poll showed on Tuesday...

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