Oil prices are firming on Wednesday morning amid positive Chinese manufacturing data, rising Asian equities and an industry report showing a weekly decline in US crude inventories, players said.
The front month contract for Brent North Sea crude oil was last changing hands up USD 0.36 at USD 79.07/bbl on the ICE platform, while the WTI November contract had gained USD 0.22 to a last trade of USD 76.40/bbl.
Prices were underpinned by Asian equity markets, which firmed following a strong run in New York stocks on Tuesday. Moreover, a report that Chinese manufacturing rose
Mittwoch, 29.09.2010, 08:14 Uhr
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