The divergence highlights increasingly different supply-demand dynamics across the major container trade lanes, with the gradual restoration of Suez routings starting to release capacity into the Asia–Europe market
Global crude oil futures settled roughly 1% higher on Monday, paring sharp intraday gains of nearly 5% as mounting supply disruptions across Saudi Arabian export corridors and regional chokepoints clashed with diplomatic signals from Washington.
Global crude oil futures retreated on Friday as reports of regional diplomatic efforts to ease Persian Gulf maritime tensions triggered profit-taking, though severe disruptions across key pipeline networks and maritime chokepoints preserved substantial weekly gains.