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Oil prices rise on escalating attacks in the Middle East

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Oil prices rose on Wednesday on fears conflict in the Middle East could turn into a wider war and disrupt oil supply from the key producing region after Iran fired ballistic missiles at Israel.

Brent futures rose 83 cents, or 1.13%, to $74.39 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 88 cents, or 1.26%, to $70.71 at 0029 GMT, coming slightly down from spiking by more than $1 earlier in the session.

During trading on Tuesday, both crude benchmarks jumped more than 5%.

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