Oil crude prices topped $100 ($86) a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since July amid concerns over oil supplies due to the conflict in the Middle East.
"The move towards and back above $100 Brent is reflecting a market that increasingly must change its view on how long the Middle East crisis will continue to curb supply from the region," said Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at the Danish Saxo Bank.
The attacks on Saudi energy facilities by the Iranian-backed Houthisthreaten oil shipments on the Red Sea. This has been a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz path.
Meanwhile, the US attacked Iranian oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and in the Strait of Hormuz. "Iran has used the tankers as part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies," CENTCOM said in a statement.
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