West Texas Intermediate rose as much as 2.2% to top US$75 a barrel following a gain of more than 4% on July 8. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO, July 8 — The benchmark US oil contract increased more than 2.5 per cent when markets opened today, as Mideast tensions rose with new US attacks on Iran.West Texas...

Brent crude futures climbed $1.62, or 2.16%, to $76 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $1.63, or 2.31%, to $72 a barrel. Both benchmarks had already…