Crude Oil is trading today in the Asian session below the $74 level.
Oil prices jumped by around 1% on Tuesday, paring previous session's losses, on supply concerns amid an escalating Middle East conflict and a cut in production at Libya's Sharara oilfield. Oil's slide was limited by concerns that oil-rich Iran will retaliate against Israel and the U.S. for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran, potentially leading to a wider regional war. Concerns of lower production at Libya's 210,000 barrel-per-day Sharara oil field also buoyed prices. Output at the field, one of the country's largest, has fallen by around 20% due to ongoing protests.