Below is a look at why the stakes are so high, and how events could play out, for Iran, Israel, the oil market, and for energy companies such as Exxon Mobil and U.S. shale producers.

The Iran-Israel conflict and equity markets are now in sharp focus. As direct strikes escalated in June 2025, global financial markets responded immediately.

The oil market is pushing its luck. For two years, it’s weathered unthinkable events, including volleys of direct attacks and counterattacks between Israel and Iran. Yet not a single barrel of ...

In contrast the Korean war in 1950-1951 had a very shallow impact on the stock market which was short lived. Invesco In the same ways, the U.S. implication in the Vietnam war did not derail the S ...

Diesel prices kept rising on Tuesday as concerns about Middle Eastern supplies — a consequence of the Israel-Iran conflict — piled pressure on an already tight market.

Fears of war in the Middle East could bring continued increases to energy costs and send prices at the pump higher. What happens next between Iran and Israel ... impact on the global oil market.

Last Geopolitical Impact on Stocks Was Ukraine Invasion . The most recent example of a geopolitical disruption to the stock market is Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which bears some ...

Israel's strike on Iran sparked turmoil in financial markets overnight. There was a sharp risk-off move, with stocks tumbling and gold climbing. The price of crude oil spiked as much as 14%.

But Iran’s retaliation against Israel, with some 400 ballistic missiles launched as of late Tuesday, also yielded dramatic scenes of leaping flames and industrial impact. Why We Wrote This A ...

The Israel and Iran war entered its sixth day as the total crypto market cap declined 1.30% in 24 hours to $3.25 trillion on June 18. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, dipped 0.87% in a day to ...

The oil market is pushing its luck. For two years, it’s weathered unthinkable events, including volleys of direct attacks and counterattacks between Israel and Iran.