MELBOURNE, May 1 : U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 41 cents or 0.43 per cent on open to $105.50 a barrel, after a prior intraday Thursday high of $110.93 a barrel after uncertainty on the direction of the U.S. war against Iran persisted. WTI closed down $1.81, or 1.69 per cent, at $105.07, but earlier

MELBOURNE, May 1 : U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 41 cents or 0.43 per cent on open to $105.50 a barrel, after a prior intraday Thursday high of $110.93 a barrel after uncertainty on the direction of the U.S. war against Iran persisted. WTI closed down $1.81, or 1.69 per cent, at $105.07, but earlier