Oil prices rose on Monday after the European Union agreed to ban imports of Iranian crude from July, Tehran threatened again to close the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel, and on additional support from the weak dollar. While deciding to ban new contracts to import, buy or transport Iranian crude and to freeze assets of Iran’s central bank, EU foreign ministers agreed to phase in the oil embargo, allowing countries with existing contracts until Jul. 1 to end those deals.
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