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Notice of OFAC Sanctions Action

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    Energy prices move when sanctioned supply is blocked

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers move when sanctioned barrels leave the market

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers move when sanctioned barrels leave the market

  • SLB SLB

    Oilfield work in sanctioned regions can be cut off

  • GLD SPDR Gold Shares

    Gold is a usual haven when a conflict or sanction escalates

  • LMT Lockheed Martin

    Defense contractors get more work when conflict spending rises

  • SPY SPDR S&P 500

    The broad market moves when a major sanction lands

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
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USO———————
XOM———————
CVX———————
SLB———————
GLD———————
LMT———————
SPY———————

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) based on OFAC's…

Source: Federal Register

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