Brent crude futures are up nearly $3 as investors weigh the future course of the US-Israeli war with Iran after President Donald Trump’s Republican Party suffered heavy losses in midterm elections this week, Reuters reports.
Brent futures are up $2.94, or 3.11 per cent, at $97.56 a barrel as of 1417 GMT (7:17pm PKT), while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures have risen $1.73, or 1.96pc, to $89.85.
