.N Crude oil prices rose amid jitters over global trade disruptions and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East following attacks on ships by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi forces in the Red Sea. The market is also awaiting data sets on Canada's October Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and retail sales due later in the week. Across the border, the United States' December consumer confidence figure, a final estimate of third-quarter GDP and November Personal Consumption Expenditure index (PCE) - the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, would be awaited during the week.