Brent futures for June delivery rose 20 cents, or 0.22%, to $89.12 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures for May climbed 17 cents, or about 0.2%, to $85.32 a barrel, at 0015 GMT.
On Day 140 of the Israel-Hamas war, eyes are on the greater Red Sea as Iranian-backed Houthis threatened to shut down the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, a critical merchant shipping strait that has been under