LONDON, Nov 5 : Brent crude futures rose nearly $3 on Thursday .as investors weighed the future course of the US-Israeli war with Iran after President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered heavy losses in midterm elections this week.Brent futures were up $2.94, or 3.11 per cent, at $97.56 a barrel as of

LONDON, Nov 5 : Brent crude futures rose on Thursday as investors weighed the future course of the US-Israeli war with Iran after President Donald Trump's Republican Party suffered heavy losses in midterm elections this week.Brent futures were up $1.75, or 1.85 per cent, at $96.37 a barrel as of 1145 GMT, whi