Oil Prices Gain on Supply Disruptions, Trump’s Hospital Exit

Oil Prices Gain on Supply Disruptions, Trump’s Hospital Exit
A view of the Mobil oil refinery at Altona in Melbourne, Australia, on June 27, 2008. Mick Tsikas/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices gained on Tuesday amid supply disruptions in Norway, a new hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to the White House from hospital.

Brent crude futures were up $1.02, or 2.5 percent, by 1220 GMT at $42.31 a barrel.