Brent crude futures were up 10 cents, or 0.2%, at $43 a barrel as of 0049 GMT, and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crudefutures rose 14 cents, or 0.4%, to $40.43 a barrel
Oil prices eased in early trade on Wednesday as industry data showed a build in US crude stockpiles and a forecast for US crude output to fall less than anticipated in 2020
Brent crude rose 80 cents, or 1.9 per cent
Investors are waiting to see if the producers, known as OPEC+, extend their record cut beyond July
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up $2.46 or 8.4% at $31.89 per barrel, its highest since mid-March
US crude up 19.7% in the week, Brent adds 5.2 per% after a week of bullish news. Both contracts gain for third straight week
Signalling a slow recovery in demand, data from the Energy Information Administration showed US crude and distillate inventories rose last week.
In the earnings department, a total of seven companies including Britannia, Bharti Infratel, and Hathway Cable are scheduled to announce their March quarter results today
The crash in futures may not benefit India
The benchmark indices ended over 3 per cent lower on Tuesday amid collapse in crude oil prices and weak global markets
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Trump talked about suspending immigration visas, and the H-1B visa, which is more popular among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa
Today, a total of seven companies, including ACC, CRISIL, Den Networks, and ICICI Prudential Life are scheduled to release their March quarter earnings
The May US WTI contract fell $55.9, or 306 per cent, to settle at a discount of $37.63 a barrel after touching an all-time low of -$40.32 a barrel
With Saudi Arabia and Russia set to flood the market with oil next month, producers and shippers have been scrambling to lock oil up in storage as demand falls.
"Oil prices rising to triple digits, as some are people saying, is not something that I believe in," says International Energy Agency's Fatih Birol
Concern over trade war, oversupply persists; China car sales fall again
The US-China trade dispute rocked global equity markets last week, while a surprise build in US crude stocks added downward pressure to oil prices
US crude production climbed in March to 10.47 million barrels per day (bpd), a monthly record, data from the Energy Information Administration showed last week
A weaker dollar often boosts prices for oil and other dollar-denominated commodities