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Kiran Tom Sajan

Oil Prices High As Israel-Hezbollah Conflict Escalates

Oil prices are being supported by worries about the Middle East crisis, though the gains have been tempered by healthy output from key producers. (Credit: AFP)

Rising tensions in the Middle East including the recent airstrikes between Israel and Hezbollah are expected to keep oil prices high, according to a mining and energy commodities strategist Vivek Dhar at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Dhar said that while markets are currently betting on the conflict not escalating into a full-scale regional war, the situation remains volatile, CNBC reported.

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