Tokyo — Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday after rising in the previous session on rekindled hopes for a US-China trade deal and on the potential for conflict between the US and Iran in the Middle East after tanker attacks there last week.
Brent crude futures were up 3c at $62.17 a barrel by 0330 GMT. They rose 2% on Tuesday...
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