Brent oil futures rise 2.42% to 104.69 a barrel as Clash Over US-Iran Peace Talks Leaves War’s End Unclear

Brent oil futures rose 2.42% to 104.69 a barrel; WTI crude oil futurs jumped 2.75% to 92.8 a barrel.

A Turkish tanker in the Black Sea is reporting a suspected undersea attack. There’s been no oil spill. And it’s unclear who may have carried out such an attack such a distance from the bulk of strikes so far in the Middle East war.

The M/T Altura suffered engine damage in a blast that shook the ship bridge and disabled equipment there, according to Turkey’s Directorate General of Maritime Authorities, adding there were no casualties and no visible damage to the ship from the outside. The tanker is now stranded 26 nautical miles from the mouth of the Bosphorus Strait.

Ship-tracking data show the Suezmax-sized tanker as fully laden with about 1 million barrels of Urals crude -- Russia’s flagship blend -- from Novorossiysk. Turkish officials also say the attack may have been carried out with a sea drone.