Oil prices climbed around 2% on Tuesday as the Middle East crisis and a Libyan supply outage pared the previous day’s heavy losses.
Brent futures rose $1.48, or 1.9%, to $77.60 a barrel by 2:13 p.m. (1913 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) rose $1.51, or 2.1%, to $72.28. Both benchmarks were up more than $2 at their session highs.
Prices drew support from the closure of Libya’s 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) Sharara oilfield, one of its largest, which has been a frequent target for local and broader political protests, and Middle East tensions.
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