Oil price jumps 25%... but markets suffer worst August for three years

Oil surged over three trading sessions following fall in US production

Alice Rigby
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Oil prices soared 27.5% over the three sessions to Tuesday, as a fall in US oil production and a new OPEC report prompted a surge in trading.

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