The ongoing conflict between the US and Iran has heightened the profile of energy-exporting nations. Countries such as Australia, Norway, and Brazil stand to benefit with windfall profits from their oil, gas, and metal exports, allowing their currencies to outperform the US dollar.

<p> <img alt="The Brazilian Real has been among the best performing major currencies against the US dollar " height="80" src="https://en.mercopress.com/data/cache/noticias/109963/100x80/real.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0 12px 6px 0; border: 1px solid #333;" width="100" /> The US-Iran conflict has propelled currencies from energy-exporting countries into the limelight, with windfall profits from exports of oil, gas and metals helping them to outperform the US dollar.</p>