Oil prices ease as U.S. and Iran halt strikes

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Oil prices declined again on Sunday, falling from a two-month high set last week, after the United States and Iran refrained from launching military strikes for a second straight day, according to a report by the Associated Press.

The price for a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, to be delivered in September dropped 4.9% to $92.02 shortly after trading resumed. The decline followed a 3.9% drop on Friday.

Brent crude briefly hit $102 a barrel last week amid new concerns about the volume of oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. That was the highest it had been since May, the AP reported.

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