Singapore — Oil prices climbed on Tuesday as data from China showed the world’s second largest oil consumer’s import growth surging and on tensions in the Middle East after the Yemen-based Houthi movement said it fired missiles on Saudi oil sites.
Brent crude oil futures were up 31c, or 0.5%, at $63.59 a barrel by 3.56am GMT while US crude oil futures gained 28c, or 0.5%, to $59.98 a barrel...
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