At 9.50pm AEDT yesterday, there was a sudden spike in trading on the oil and S&P 500 futures market.

6.50am New York time is an unusual time for a rush on trades on West Texas Intermediate May futures.

But it showed that all of a sudden, a substantial sum of money was bet on oil prices dropping and the stock market rising.

  • smeenz@lemmy.nz
    2·
    15 hours ago

    I bet that group is working hard around the clock on the Iran problem …

    Right ?

    … right ?

    • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      Yeah, I mean it’s in the name. When things aren’t peaceful this dynamic team of diplomatic masterminds goes to work.