Oil rises 2% after reports of Iranian tanker attack
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose about 2% on Friday after Iranian media said a state-owned oil tanker had been attacked in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia, pushing Brent crude above $60 a barrel for the first time this month.Brent crude futures gained $1.31, or 2.2%, to $60.41 a barrel by 11:27 a.m. EDT (1527 GMT), after earlier reaching a session high of $60.65 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 97 cents, or 1.8%, to $54.52 a barrel. It earlier hit $54.87 a..