Oil Surges After Iran Strait Closure | Open Interest 4/20/2026

Get a jump start on the US trading day with Matt Miller and Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Open Interest."Tensions explode in the Middle East as the US seizes an Iranian ship and Tehran shuts the Strait of Hormuz, sending oil surging and markets tumbling. A volatile week ahead with earnings, the Fed, and Treasurys all in focus. Eurasia Group's Ian Bremmer on fragile US-Iran talks and China’s rising leverage. Ben Kovler on cannabis reform unlocking billions. Todd Miller of Jefferies joins us on the private markets boom. And Sheila Kahyaoglu on airlines, defense, and the pressure from soaring fuel.

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Open Interest
00:02:31 - Iran Wavers on Whether to join peace talk
00:06:29 - Oil, Gas Climb After US Seizes Iranian Ship, Imperiling Talks
00:09:10 - Markets Weigh Hormuz Risk, Strong Earnings
00:13:51 - High Interest | Hedge Fund, Jersey Mikes, American Airlines
00:15:08 - Sheila Kahyaoglu Jefferies | American Not Interest in United Merger
00:22:59 - Stocks to Watch | Topbuild Corp, OXO
00:23:48 - Amanda Agati PNC | Stocks, Bonds Fall As Oil Jumps on Hormuz Setbacks
00:31:35 - Top Calls | Avis Budget Group, Ulta, NXP Semi
00:32:31 - AST Spacemoibil Stock Drops on Lost Satellite
00:39:42 - QXO to Aquire Topbuild for $17 Billion
00:45:18 - US Seizes Iranian as Hormuz Closed Again
00:49:42 - Nancy Tengler | Trump Says Iran is Supposed to be at Talks: PBS
01:00:19 - Todd Miller Jefferies | Liquidity Rush Drives Secondaries Boom
01:06:09 - Ian Bremmer Eurasia | US Iran Talk Plan
01:18:10 - Ben Kovler Green Thumb Industries | Trump Pushes to Reschedule Marijuana
01:24:04 - Watching Warsh Questions
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