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A top regulator said it's investigating oil trades before Iran announcements

The agency's enforcement division has been looking at oil trading since March 23, the date of a spike before Trump backed off Iran strike threats

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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Michael Selig said on Bloomberg Television on Friday that enforcement staff at the agency have been scrutinizing crude trades connected to the Iran war, dating back to March 23. On that day, trading activity surged shortly ahead of President Donald Trump’s retreat from his threats to attack Iran’s power plants.

"Our enforcement division has been looking at all these trades," Selig said, according to........

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