Crude oil surged toward its largest weekly advance in nearly six years on Friday, with Brent futures touching $87 a barrel as the escalating military conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran throttled shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the artery through which roughly a fifth of the
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