The sudden cease-fire between Iran and the United States, brokered by Pakistan and supported by Israel, has temporarily ended the Third Gulf War.

This development has immediately brought what Washington could not achieve by force: the possibility of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to trade and energy traffic.

This vital corridor, which had been blocked by Tehran’s threats, is now expected to return to normality, removing the shadow of a global energy collapse that was scaring the world’s most powerful governments.

The reaction of the stock markets to this news was lightning in the positive sense. Brent crude oil suffered an immediate drop of fifteen percent, quickly falling below the psychological threshold of one hundred dollars and stabilizing around $99 per barrel.

This is the lowest level recorded in the last month, reversing the uptrend of April 7 when prices had crossed over one hundred and ten dollars.

Analysts estimate that this trend will continue, as geopolitical uncertainty is being replaced by the hope for a structured peace.

Even in the American market the situation has been reflected at the same rate, where the price of crude oil has fallen significantly and gasoline indicators predict a daily decrease of ten percent.

While the world is benefiting from this significant decline, in Albania the eyes have turned to the Transparency Board and the suspicious movements of the domestic market.

The bitter experience of the years the last one has shown that control mechanisms often work with double standards, leaving room for abuses that weigh directly on the pockets of Albanian citizens, who pay among the highest prices in the region.

In our country, fuel businessmen have become the protagonists of a shameful phenomenon: speculating with crises. They are the first to react with lightning speed as soon as they hear of even a minimal increase in the stock market, changing the price charts overnight.

But as soon as the international stock market falls, as is currently happening with Brent oil, they are the last to lower prices, hiding behind the excuse of expensively bought “old stock”.

This trading paradox highlights the inability or unwillingness of the Transparency Board to protect the consumer.  Therefore, citizens continue to wait with skepticism if this decrease will be really reflected in gas stations, or if speculation will once again swallow the breath that is coming from the stabilization of global geopolitics. /tesheshi.com/

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Source: prizrenpost