Oil price today: Crude tops $85 a barrel as US restores Strait of Hormuz blockade

Oil prices surged beyond the $85-a-barrel mark on Wednesday as the Middle East once again got embroiled in conflict. Energy supply concerns intensified after the United States reinstated a naval blockade on Iran and fighting between Washington and Tehran escalated, raising fears over crude supplies moving through the Strait of Hormuz.

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