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Golden Ten Data reported on April 3 that, according to satellite signals, on April 2 local time, three vessels claiming to be registered in Oman (two oil tankers and one liquefied natural gas carrier) sailed eastwards along the country's coastline into the Strait of Hormuz. These three vessels have drawn particular attention because they are currently the largest tanker types, and the LNG carrier would be the first to depart the Gulf since the outbreak of war. At around 9:30 a.m. London time, the three vessels stopped automatically transmitting their location signals as they were approaching or had just passed the tip of Oman's Musandam Peninsula, which juts north into the Strait. The route taken by these three ships (indicated in orange in the diagram) is south of the Iranian shipping lanes and far from the much more northerly route (indicated in yellow) chosen by most ships in recent days between Iran's Larak Island and Qeshm Island. However, this route is shallower and features tighter curves, which may not be suitable for the largest oil tankers to navigate.

Over the past year, SBA Communications' share price has fallen by 20%. On Thursday afternoon New York time, the stock rose 2.6% to $176.07, with a market capitalization of $18.7 billion and an enterprise value, including debt, of about $34 billion. Over the past 12 months, privatization and acquisitions have been frequent, but the credit market that previously supported such deals is now volatile. Founded in 1989, SBA Communications acquired its first batch of towers in 1997 and went public two years later. The company owns more than 46,000 wireless infrastructure sites, mainly operates in the US market, and its revenue primarily comes from leasing sites to wireless operators.

NYMEX May natural gas futures closed at $2.8 per million British thermal units. NYMEX May gasoline futures closed at $3.2880 per gallon, and NYMEX May heating oil futures closed at $4.3611 per gallon.