{"id":43145,"date":"2026-08-13T13:27:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43145"},"modified":"2026-08-13T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T08:27:39","slug":"european-shares-inch-up-as-lower-crude-offsets-geopolitical-unease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43145","title":{"rendered":"European shares inch up as lower crude offsets geopolitical unease"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Aug 13 (Reuters) &#8211; European shares edged higher on Thursday as oil prices fell, shifting focus to demand \u200cconcerns, while U.S.-Iran peace efforts remained stalled and disruption \u200cin the Strait of Hormuz persisted.<!-- HTML_TAG_END -->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"text text-block paragraph text-left neo-font-paragraph-xl-reg  yf-18d6y07\" style=\"text-decoration: none; font-style: normal; text-transform: none; text-align: inherit; font-variant-numeric: normal;\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.2% \u200bat 660.49 points by 0714 GMT. 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