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Oil price volatility hits extreme levels as S&P 500 tracks crude tick by tick
Oil price volatility has reached levels not seen since the pandemic as markets grapple with the fallout from US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with equity investors increasingly caught in the slipstream. Implied volatility in oil options has climbed above 100% on a one-month basis, surpassing peaks reached during the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 and approaching levels last seen during the pandemic lockdown panic, according to Deutsche Bank strategists.
Oil price volatility has reached levels not seen since the pandemic as markets grapple with the fallout from US and Israeli strikes on Iran, with equity investors increasingly caught in the slipstream. Implied volatility in oil options has climbed above 100% on a one-month basis, surpassing peaks reached during the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022 and approaching levels last seen during the pandemic lockdown panic, according to Deutsche Bank strategists.