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



