The Middle East situation continues to escalate, with gold and silver opening higher across the board

Odaily News On March 2nd, the situation in the Middle East continued to escalate. Regarding casualties, Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei and former President Ahmadinejad were killed in an attack. Trump claimed that 48 members of the Iranian leadership were killed and 3 US soldiers lost their lives, while Iran stated that the attacks resulted in 560 US military casualties. The US side indicated it had struck over 1,000 targets and destroyed the headquarters of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, using B-2 bombers to attack missile facilities. Iran claimed to have launched multiple rounds of strikes and adjusted its senior military personnel. Affected by the conflict, international oil prices surged by $8 at Monday's opening, with Brent crude rising to $82.37 per barrel. US stock index futures opened more than 1% lower, while gold and silver opened higher across the board. (Jin10)