Oil firms as demand hopes outweigh rise of COVID-19 variant
Reuters LONDON – Oil prices rose on Tuesday as broad hopes for a demand recovery persisted despite new outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus prompting fresh mobility curbs worldwide. Brent crude futures were up 50 cents, or 0.7%, at $75.18 a barrel by 1400 GMT, having slumped by 2% on Monday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI)