Crude Oil Above $60 First Time Since 2015

Brent crude closed at a 27-month high yesterday over comments from Saudi Arabia that signaled the likely extension of a supply cut deal by OPEC and non OPEC members as data released by the World Bank projected growth in oil prices by 2018.

Brent futures LCOc1 gained 86 cents or 1.64 percent to settle at $60.01 a barrel, its highest close since July 2015.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude CLc1, meanwhile, rose 46 cents or 2.05 percent to settle at a more than six-month high of $53.54, its highest close since April.
With yesterday’s gains, Brent futures were up for four days in a row following comments earlier in the week from Saudi Arabia that the Kingdom was determined to end a global supply glut that has weighed on prices for more than three years.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) plus Russia and nine other producers have cut oil output by about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) since January. The pact runs to March 2018, but they are considering extending it.

Culled from Daily Trust