India, July 29 -- Oil held a gain on Tuesday, with renewed geopolitical tensions and investor optimism around U.S. trade negotiations offering some support.
Benchmark Brent crude futures climbed 0.7 percent to $69.78 a barrel in European trade while WTI crude futures were up 0.7 percent at $67.19.
Both contracts jumped over 2 percent on Monday, with Brent hitting its highest level since July 18, as a U.S.-EU tariff pact helped ease worries of a trade war.
The European Union dodged an imminent trade war with the U.S., but several EU leaders described the agreement as "unbalanced" and "asymmetric".
The focus has now shifted to the U.S.-China talks in Sweden aimed at extending a temporary tariff truce.
Elsewhere, U.S. President Donald Tru...