Oil prices have fallen after they spiked in the wake of Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran last week. Caroline Bain, chief commodities economist at Capital Economics, said: “Given that there will be some lag between spot crude oil prices in financial markets and prices on the forecourt, the latest rise is perhaps not so surprising.”
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