Oil prices rise amid Middle East tensions
Geopolitical tensions helped drive demand and push prices up.
Oil was in focus on Tuesday after prices rose sharply amid fears of supply disruptions in the Middle East, as the US considers re-imposing sanctions on Iran.
Geopolitical tensions helped drive demand and push the price of Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate over 2% to 67.4 US dollars and 63.5 US dollars respectively, levels last seen in March.
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