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Oil prices rose 2% to $54.61/bbl overnight after Iranian officials said two rockets had struck a tanker belonging to the National Iranian Oil Company traveling through the Red Sea. The tanker is now ablaze off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, with investigators looking into the sources of the missiles. Recent attacks in the region have centered on crude facilities and tankers, including a drone-and-cruise-missile strike that halved