Oil prices slid as Strait of Hormuz traffic picked up after the U.S.-Iran deal signing. Yet Fed rate-hike odds surged as the inflation threat winds down.

Brent crude prices briefly jumped back above $80 per barrel on Wednesday as traders digested conflicting signals about efforts to end the war and reopen Hormuz.

Oil prices dropped further Thursday after US President Donald Trump and his Iranian counterpart signed off on a deal to end four months of war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz to…