Crude prices eased Thursday after a sharp Wednesday rebound, with Brent near $102 and WTI near $91 as Reuters Asian market wraps cited improved Middle East supply chatter and U.S.-Iran talk headlines competing with Hormuz risk premiums.

The prior session’s jump had ended a multi-day slide after Iranian officials hardened conditions for reopening the strait. Gold firmed while the dollar held gains, reflecting the same mix of geopolitics and rate repricing that pushed Treasuries to multi-year highs.

Energy desks remain split on whether diplomacy can restore enough Gulf barrels to cool diesel cracks. Accounts agree prices cooled off the spike; they diverge on how durable any Hormuz normalization would be without a written ceasefire.

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