Miércoles, 17 Mayo 2017

Oil up on expectations of more curbs

Price rally continues on optimism key Opec and other producers will back prolonged output cuts.
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REUTERS

Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday after top producers Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait supported prolonging supply cuts until the end of March 2018 in an effort to drain a global glut. Brent crude oil was up 30 cents at $52.12 a barrel by 1:35pm GMT. US light crude was also 30 cents higher at $49.15 a barrel. Both benchmarks have risen more than $5 since hitting five-month lows 10 days ago. Saudi Arabia and Russia said on Monday they agreed on the need for a 1.8 million barrels per day crude supply cut to be extended by nine months, until the end of March next year.

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