Foreign media report markets expect a de-escalation of conflict with Iran after
Trump’s party suffered midterm losses, pushing Brent futures toward a roughly
12% weekly decline and WTI toward about 12.1%. Conflict-driven Middle East
supply concerns, however, continue to underpin prices. On Friday both U.S. crude
and Brent futures rose; ANZ said traders viewed Wednesday’s sell-off as
overdone, prompting a rebound.