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Oil Prices Surge Toward $100 Amid Middle East Tensions

Brent crude neared $100 a barrel after attacks on Saudi energy sites and U.S.-Iran strikes.

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▸Oil prices rose sharply amid escalating Middle East tensions between the U.S. and Iran. — CNBC, Bloomberg Markets

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▸Saudi Arabia halted several energy facilities in the south after Houthi militant claims of fresh strikes. — Bloomberg Markets

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