Oil prices slid more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the dollar remained near a four-month high, but worries that U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of the Iran nuclear deal underpinned the market. The U.S. dollar .DXY surged into positive territory for 2018 and broke past key levels against several currencies as a divergence between growth and the interest rate outlook versus other countries spurred investors to chase the currency higher. [USD/] A strong dollar makes greenback-denominated oil more expensive for holders of other currencies. “The strength of the dollar is where the pressure is coming from,” said Gene McGillian, vice president at Tradition Energy. The risk of the U.S. pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, resulting in sanctions on the […]