Brent crude futures down 6% to lowest level in two weeks and stock markets rise Oil prices fell below $100 a barrel on Monday and stock markets rose on hopes that the US and Iran are inching closer to a peace deal. Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, were down 6% to $97.28 a barrel, the lowest level in two weeks, with hopes that an agreement to end the near three-month US-Israeli war on Iran can be struck. Continue reading...