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Brent oil prices jump 5% on rising tensions over Strait of Hormuz

Oil trading spiked before Trump's Iran remarks: media
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Brent oil prices shot up more than five percent Monday on intensifying tensions over the Strait of Hormuz as Emirati authorities said an energy installation had been struck by a drone.

Near 1535 GMT, Brent oil futures jumped 5.2 percent to $113.78 a barrel, while US benchmark West Texas Intermediate rose 3.1 percent to $105.11 a barrel.

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