Manipulation Monday :

# Oil prices jump more than 7% after Iran and U.S. attack ships as tensions escalate over Strait of Hormuz [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/oil-price-iran-war-strait-hormuz-tanker.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/oil-price-iran-war-strait-hormuz-tanker.html) just another weekend of market manipulation ................. read all about it !! Crude oil prices surged Sunday, as the U.S. and Iran teetered on the brink of a renewed war after attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. [**West Texas Intermediate**](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/WTI/) **futures for May delivery rose more than 8% to $90.91 per barrel. International benchmark** [**Brent**](https://www.cnbc.com/quotes/@LCO.1/) **for June delivery advanced nearly 8% to $97.45.** The U.S. Navy on Sunday fired on an Iranian container ship in the Gulf of Oman, and the Marines later took custody of the ship, President [Donald Trump](https://www.cnbc.com/donald-trump/) said. The ship had tried to get past the U.S. naval blockade of Iran’s ports, Trump said in a [Truth Social post](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116433000897070863). The U.S. [seizure of the ship](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/trump-navy-iran-ship-gulf-of-oman.html) came after Iran [attacked a tanker](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/19/iran-says-talks-continue-while-it-retains-control-of-strait-of-hormuz-.html) in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday. Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on the tanker and a containership was hit by an unknown projectile, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Operations Centre.