Oil Prices Jump on Disruption Fears After Latest Red Sea Attack

Oil Prices Jump on Disruption Fears After Latest Red Sea Attack
An oil pump of IPC Petroleum France is seen at sunset outside Soudron, near Reims, France, on Aug. 24, 2022. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices rose more than 2 percent in the first session of the New Year, boosted by potential disruption to Middle East supply after the latest attack on a container ship in the Red Sea and by Chinese demand hopes.

Brent crude rose $1.72, or 2.2 percent, to $78.76 a barrel by 1115 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $1.57, or 2.2 percent, at $73.22.