NEW YORK: Oil prices gained roughly 2% on Monday after a weekend attack on a Saudi oil facility by Yemen's Houthi forces threatened crude supplies and as traders looked for signs that top economies would take measures to counteract a global slowdown.
Brent crude , the international benchmark for oil prices, settled at $59.74 a barrel, rising $1.10, or 1.88%.
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