Oil up about 2% on big US crude storage draw, Middle East tension

Oil prices rose by about 2% to a two-week high due to a larger-than-expected drawdown in US storage and escalating tensions in the Middle East. The US Energy Information Administration reported that energy firms pulled 4.5 million barrels of crude from stockpiles, exceeding analysts' forecasts.

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