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Ship attack reports near Hormuz reach record high as oil exports slow

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BBC Verify analysis of data from a UK maritime agency shows 12 vessels were struck in a week.

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • FRO Frontline

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • INSW International Seaways

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • DHT DHT Holdings

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • TNK Teekay Tankers

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    Tracks U.S. crude prices when Gulf supply is at risk

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    Energy companies move with a Gulf supply scare

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • STNG Scorpio Tankers

    Tanker operators earn more when freight rates spike

  • DAL Delta Air Lines

    Airlines pay more for fuel when oil prices jump

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

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BBC Verify analysis of data from a UK maritime agency shows 12 vessels were struck in a week.

Source: BBC

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