Oil Rises More Than 2 Percent Following US Attack on Iranian Island
CENTCOM confirmed American forces had struck a pair of rocket launchers loaded with sea mines on Aug. 30.
TL;DR
- Brent crude rose above $91 per barrel on August 31.
- The price increase followed U.S. strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- U.S. forces targeted two rocket launchers armed with sea mines.
- This marks the first known U.S. strikes on Iran in a month.