The move caps a stellar few months for the oil market, with crude emerging as a favored play to bet on coronavirus vaccines and global reflation
Brent crude rose 18 cents to $54.48 a barrel by 1:32 p.m. EST (1832 GMT) after touching $54.90, a high not seen since before the first Covid-19 lockdowns in the West
Overall, market breadth remained in the favour of the bulls with nearly two stocks rising against a stock that declined at the bourses
UBS expects Brent to trade at $63 per barrel in the second half of 2021
After taking support at 200 DMA, natural gas made bullish candle indicating bulls trying to stage comeback
While Covid-19-led lockdowns across the globe destroyed demand in the early part of 2020, a supply cut-driven rally and sharp recovery in the auto sector have emerged as big themes
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A weak greenback makes dollar-denominated commodities such as crude oil cheaper to holders of other currencies.
US WTI crude futures fell 46 cents, or 1%, to $46.56 a barrel at 0142 GMT, while Brent crude futures dropped 46 cents, or 0.9%, to $49.62.
The United States began vaccinating people on Monday as the country's Covid-19 death toll crossed the 300,000 mark
Oil prices dipped in early trade, with demand worries due to tighter lockdowns in Europe outweighing relief from vaccination rollouts and concerns about a flare-up of tension in the Middle East
Brent crude futures for February rose 54 cents, or 1.1 per cent, to $50.51 a barrel by 09.50 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures for January were up 46 cents, or 1 per cent
Demand will rise by 5.90 million barrels per day (bpd) next year to 95.89 million bpd, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said in a monthly report
Brent futures settled down US28 cents, or 0.6% at $49.97 a barrel. The contract rose above $51 a barrel on Thursday to an early-March high
Brent was up 30 cents or 0.6 per cent at $50.55 a barrel by 1:22 pm IST, after gaining nearly 3 per cent on Thursday
On Thursday, Brent Crude prices crossed $50 per barrel-mark for the first time since March on demand recovery and hopes of Covid-19 vaccine
It's possible the market is getting ahead of itself though, with key technical indicators signaling benchmarks are overbought and U.S. inventories recently piling higher
Covid-19 infections remain at peak levels globally, decimating demand for transport fuels, the mainstay of oil use
The Indian basket crude oil touched $47.41 a barrel on November 26 as against average crude oil prices of $41 a barrel in the first fortnight of November this year
Brent futures were up 45 cents, or 0.9%, at $49.06 a barrel by 0245 GMT, after rising around 1.6% in the previous session