Unrelenting Iranian attacks on shipping traffic and energy infrastructure pushed oil above $100 a barrel on Thursday, as American and Israeli strikes pounded the Islamic Republic with no sign of an end to the war in sight.

I don’t know how anybody can be surprised. When you have a major conflict in the Middle East, prices always go up,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that the war with Iran began because that country was starting work on a new site for developing material for nuclear weapons. Trump also told reporters at a news conference that Iran was “going to take over the Middle East” if he hadn't acted and that he was disappointed with the selection of Mojtaba

Oil prices have surged this week, raising the price at the pump just as Americans are already struggling with affordability.

The International Energy Agency on Wednesday agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of ​oil from strategic stockpiles to combat a spike in global crude prices since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran,

Oil and gas prices fell sharply on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran was "very complete, pretty much". Crude almost reached $120 a barrel on Monday over fears that the conflict would cause lengthy disruption to energy supplies from the Middle East,

Gold prices declined on Monday, extending their loss from last week, as an escalating conflict with Iran drove fears of sticky inflation on the back of surging prices of oil, and investors again took shelter in the dollar.

Wall Street stocks ticked lower ​while oil prices pulled back on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the Middle East war could be "over ‌soon" even as the U.S. and Israel pounded Iran with intense airstrikes.