Traders place $760 million bet on falling oil ahead of Hormuz announcement

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Just ahead of pivotal updates concerning the Strait of Hormuz and Iran, lucrative oil trades totaling millions were executed, raising eyebrows among U.S. officials. Such timely trades have prompted a thorough investigation into several oil futures transactions made right before key policy changes, with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission now scrutinizing the details of these deals.

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