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⚡ Markets: Severe upside risk for oil prices (Brent, WTI) and shipping insurance/freight rates due to potential disruption of ~12% of global seaborne trade. Negative for global growth and companies reliant on Red Sea/Suez Canal transit.BrentSuezmax RatesShipping stocksUSD
Houthi forces in Yemen have captured the strategic port of Mokha and Perim Island, giving them effective control over the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a critical chokepoint for global shipping and energy transport at the southern end of the Red Sea. This significantly escalates regional tensions and risks to global trade, as it puts a second major oil strait, alongside Hormuz, under the influence of Iran and its allies.
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