Oil Rises on Softer Dollar, Shipping Attack

Oil Rises on Softer Dollar, Shipping Attack
A PetroChina worker inspects a pump jack at an oil field in Tacheng, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, on June 27, 2018. Stringer AT/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices rose for a second day on Thursday, buoyed by a softer dollar and another attack on shipping near Yemen.

Brent crude futures rose 35 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $83.38 a barrel at 1036 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed 37 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $78.28 a barrel.