Insurance Wall and Mine Backlog Cap Hormuz Recovery at 19.5%
Hormuz recovery holds at 19.5% at 05:07 UTC Friday as 4,000× insurance costs and mine backlog cap the June-30 contract's ceiling.
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The Hormuz June-30 recovery contract sits at 19.5% at 05:07 UTC Friday — up 12pp from Thursday's 7.5% session open — but has stalled well short of the 24.5% reached at 20:11 UTC Thursday. The contract eased to 22.5% at 20:35 UTC, then pulled back sharply to 16.5% at 21:24 UTC, with a near-retest of that floor at 21:49 UTC (17.5%), before recovering to 21.5% at 23:02 UTC; all sampled points since have held between 19.5% and 21.5%.
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