Off the wire
Spanish stock market falls 0.49 pct  • Turkish seinior official criticizes Trump's travel ban  • Over 100,000 Tanzanians need food aid after drought: minister  • UN chief names new deputy head of UN mission in Afghanistan  • Anti-Doping body on verge of completing probe into suspended AK bosses  • Humanitarian appeal for Ukraine only 1 percent funded  • Kenyan player in South Africa gun drama seeks compensation  • Roundup: PNA government, Hamas bitterly divided over municipal elections  • Ukraine's trade balance turns to deficit in 2016  • Ukraine to appeal to UN over escalation of conflict in east Ukraine  
You are here:   Home

Oil prices rise on weaker dollar

Xinhua, February 1, 2017 Adjust font size:

Oil prices rose on Wednesday as weaker U.S. dollar outweighed concerns for global crude glut.

The West Texas Intermediate for March Delivery added 0.18 dollars to settle at 52.81 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for March delivery increased 0.47 dollars to close at 55.70 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Endit