Tokyo — Oil prices rose for a third day on Tuesday, holding one-week highs after jumping more than 3% the previous session as investors tempered previous expectations of an early return of oil exporter Iran to international crude markets.
Brent crude futures were up 14c, or 0.2%, at $68.60 a barrel by 4am GMT, having jumped 3% on Monday. US West Texas Intermediate futures was up 8c at $66.13 a barrel, after gaining 3.9% the previous session...
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