Oil prices rise for second session on continued Middle East supply concerns

BENGALURU: Oil prices rose for a second successive session on Tuesday as lingering concern over Middle East supply disruption brought about by ​the US-Israeli war on Iran outweighed signs of recovering crude exports from the ‌region. Brent crude futures for November rose $1.71, or 1.6 percent, to $106.99 a barrel at 09:26 a.m. Saudi time, while the more actively traded Brent December contract rose $1.68 to $99.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $94, up $1.4, ​or 1.5