Oil prices shed gains as alarm over Iran rocket strike fades - for now
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices steadied 1% higher on Wednesday, well below peaks hit in frenzied trading earlier in the day after a rocket attack by Iran on American forces in Iraq raised the spectre of a spiralling Mideast conflict and disruption to crude flows.Prices gave up most of their early gains as analysts said market tension could ease as long as oil production facilities remain unaffected by attacks. Tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump and Iran's foreign minister also appeared to..