“More than 100 million barrels of Oil moved through Strait of Hormuz”: US President Trump briefs on Hormuz

Agustin Wazne FXStreet

United States (US) President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that a secret US military operation helped secure commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, allowing more than 100 million barrels of Oil to reach global markets amid ongoing tensions involving Iran.

Key takeaways:

Last month, I directed our great US military to execute a secret mission to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

[I'm] pleased to announce that this effort has resulted in more than 100 million barrels of Oil making its way through the Strait and into the open market.

More than 200 commercial ships have safely traveled through the Strait.”

US Dollar Price Today

The table below shows the percentage change of US Dollar (USD) against listed major currencies today. US Dollar was the strongest against the Australian Dollar.

	USD	EUR	GBP	JPY	CAD	AUD	NZD	CHF
USD		-0.10%	-0.08%	0.06%	-0.14%	0.15%	-0.02%	0.06%
EUR	0.10%		0.00%	0.17%	-0.09%	0.19%	0.08%	0.16%
GBP	0.08%	-0.00%		0.15%	-0.07%	0.22%	0.09%	0.15%
JPY	-0.06%	-0.17%	-0.15%		-0.24%	0.04%	-0.10%	-0.04%
CAD	0.14%	0.09%	0.07%	0.24%		0.28%	0.14%	0.20%
AUD	-0.15%	-0.19%	-0.22%	-0.04%	-0.28%		-0.14%	-0.06%
NZD	0.02%	-0.08%	-0.09%	0.10%	-0.14%	0.14%		0.06%
CHF	-0.06%	-0.16%	-0.15%	0.04%	-0.20%	0.06%	-0.06%

The heat map shows percentage changes of major currencies against each other. The base currency is picked from the left column, while the quote currency is picked from the top row. For example, if you pick the US Dollar from the left column and move along the horizontal line to the Japanese Yen, the percentage change displayed in the box will represent USD (base)/JPY (quote).

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Agustin Wazne

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Agustin Wazne joined FXStreet as a Junior News Editor, focusing on Commodities and covering Majors.

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