Tuesday 20 August 2019

Oil prices rise on stimulus hopes, trade optimism - Reuters

Oil prices rise on stimulus hopes, trade optimism - Reuters:

Crude oil prices edged up on Tuesday on optimism U.S.-China trade tensions will ease and on hopes major economies will take stimulus measures to ward off a potential economic slowdown that could hit oil demand.

Brent crude LCOc1 had risen 8 cents to $59.82 a barrel by 0652 GMT, after climbing 1.88% on Monday.

U.S. crude CLc1 was up 9 cents at $56.30 a barrel, after gaining 2.44% in the previous session.

The United States said it would extend a reprieve that permits China’s Huawei Technologies to buy components from U.S. companies, signaling a slight softening of the trade conflict between the world’s two largest economies.

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