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Oil prices jump more than 15 percent after the attack on Aramco

2019-09-16T06:07:31.675Z


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices jumped more than 15 percent at the opening of global markets on Thursday after an overnight rally


New York-Sana

Oil prices jumped more than 15 percent at the beginning of global markets today after the Yemeni drones attacked the two Aramco oil facilities and stopped more than half of its production, affecting more than 5 percent of global oil supplies.

Brent crude futures rose more than 19 percent to $ 71.95 a barrel, while US crude futures rose more than 15 percent to $ 63.34 a barrel.

The Yemeni armed forces announced in a statement yesterday that they carried out a massive offensive operation with 10 drones targeting two oil facilities belonging to Aramco that hit its targets accurately.This operation comes within the framework of the legitimate and natural right to respond to the crimes of the Saudi aggression and its siege on Yemen for five years.

Shares of the Saudi system fell at the opening of trading today by 2.3 percent, the main Kuwaiti index fell by 1.1 percent and Dubai index 0.8 percent.

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Source: sena

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