BEIJING: Oil prices rose in early trading on Friday following attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure, and as markets evaluated the risk premium from the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz, despite a fragile truce agreed between the U.S. and Iran. Brent crude futures gained 83 cents, or 0.87%, to $96.75 a barrel as of […]

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