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Urgent: Oil prices extend gains amid declining inventories

Xinhua, December 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

Oil prices continued to rise Thursday as U.S. crude stockpiles decreased.

The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery moved up 60 cents to settle at 38.1 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for February delivery increased 53 cents to close at 37.89 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Endit