Ammon News - Oil prices jumped more than 2% on Thursday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted a U.S. airbase in response ​to a U.S. attack in the port city of Bandar Abbas.

Brent ‌crude futures rose $2.34, or 2.48%, to $96.63 a barrel by 0701 GMT, while the more active August contract gained $2.24 or 2.43%, to $94.49. The July contract is set to expire on Friday.

U.S. West Texas ​Intermediate futures were up $2.26, or 2.55%, at $90.94.

Both benchmarks slipped more than 5% ​to touch their lowest in a month in the previous session on ⁠the possibility of a U.S.-Iran deal to end their war and reopen the ​Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. ​airbase after what it described as an early morning U.S. attack near Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.

It warned that any repeat of what they called aggression would draw a "more decisive" response.

Reuters