The main European scholarships opened today in a mixed sense, while Brent's barrel for delivery in October exceeded $93.
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20/08/2026
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Lusa
Pthey 08:35 in Lisbon, the EuroStoxx 600 lost 0.02% to 676.98 units.
On the main European scholarships, Frankfurt retreated 0.39%, London devalued 0.27% and Paris lost 0.13%, while Milan accumulated 0.32% and Madrid grew 0.11%.
In Lisbon, PSI, at the same time, earned 0.04% to 9.242.58 points.
The price of the Brent oil barrel for delivery in October rose by 1.54% and reached $93.03, after President Donald Trump announced an economic offensive against Iran “without precedent.”.
Trump announced that this economic offensive will be the largest ever undertaken against a country.
In his Truth Social network, Trump warned that any country that allows its financial institutions, businesses, airports or government entities to provide “any kind of lifeline” to Iran will in turn face economic consequences.
The U.S. leader specified that the measure contemplates cutting the routes used to avoid sanctions and maintaining financial flows to Iran, including oil smuggling, currency exchange lines, cash transfers, exchange houses, ship registers and ghost companies.
Previously, Trump had indicated that “maybe at any time” Washington and Tehran could resume negotiations to put an end to the war, although he pointed out that the current situation in the Strait of Ormuz “is very good” and that many oil tankers are going through it smoothly.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street stock market closed with 0.22% rises in Dow Jones, 0.21% in S&P 500 and 0.16% in Nasdaq.
Meanwhile, the dollar was traded at 1,1682 euros, gold dropped 0.6% to 4,488.48 dollars and silver ounce dropped 0.25% to 66.77 dollars. In turn, bitcoin was traded at $69,779.2.

