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US crude futures gain on Trump’s Venezuela blockade

U.S. crude futures opened a dollar higher in Asian trading on Thursday after President Donald Trump placed a blockade on tankers entering and leaving Venezuela and most exports from the country remained on hold.

The West Texas Intermediate contract was up 98 cents, or 1.75%, at $56.92 per barrel as of 1109 GMT.
Source: Reuters



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