<h1>Geopolitical risk drives crude-sensitive stocks down as oil price spike pressures aviation, paints and tyre sectors.</h1> Escalating Middle East geopolitical tensions drove Brent crude prices sharply higher and prompted declines in shares of oil marketing companies, aviation carriers, paints, adhesives and tyre manufacturers, with analysts attributing market weakness to fears of supply disruption and near term risk off sentiment; upstream oil producers were viewed as more resilient. The document contains market commentary and expert views but does not set out legal or regulatory issues.