Oil prices soar more than 4% after Iranian general killed
Oil prices soared more than four per cent following claims that the US had killed a top Iranian general, ratcheting up tensions between foes and fuelling fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region
Oil prices soared more than four per cent Friday following claims that the US had killed a top Iranian general, ratcheting up tensions between the foes and fuelling fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region.
The head of Iran's Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, was hit in an attack on Baghdad international airport early Friday, according to Hased, a powerful Iraqi paramilitary force linked to Tehran.
Brent surged 4.4 per cent to USD 69.16 and WTI jumped 4.3 per cent to 63.84.
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