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Oil tops $100 a barrel after US and Houthi strikes

Brent crude rose to $100.70 a barrel on Wednesday, its highest level since late July. Markets reacted to reciprocal US-Iran attacks on shipping and Houthi strikes on Saudi energy facilities.

• Brent climbed to $100.70 a barrel, its highest level since late July.
• The US said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers.