Oil surged to the highest in about two weeks as supply disruptions in Turkey added to broader market optimism that a wider banking contagion may be avoided.
Oil surged the most in two weeks after Israel's military said it was “expanding ground activity” in Gaza this evening, reviving concerns about the conflict spreading more broadly.
Oil hovered near its highs of the year as the International Energy Agency added to a drumbeat of forecasts that the market will tip into a significant supply deficit in the second half of this year.