Oil prices jump 5% as US sanctions hit Russian crude giants

Oil prices jumped on Thursday after the United States unveiled sanctions targeting Russia’s biggest oil companies, threatening supplies from one of the world’s top producing nations.

Brent crude rallied by more than 5% to trade near $66 a barrel, heading for its largest daily leap since the beginning of the Israel-Iran conflict on 13th June.

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