Gold fell $97.20 to $4,054.70 an ounce Thursday even as confirmed strikes on Saudi oil tankers pushed WTI crude to $92.23 a barrel, a break from the safe-haven pattern that defined earlier stages of the conflict. Gold had closed the prior session at $4,158.50 on broad war-premium buying, making the same-day divergence the clearest split between the two assets since the June ceasefire. The shift suggests markets are increasingly pricing this as an inflation risk tied to oil supply, rather than a pure fear trade.
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