Oil rises after US Fed interest rate decision

02/11/2023 Argaam
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Oil prices rose today, Nov. 2, as investors’ risk appetite returned after the US Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady.

 

International benchmark Brent crude was trading up 0.87% at $85.37 a barrel, at 09:00 am Makkah time.

 

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 0.92% to $81.18 a barrel, wiping out last session’s losses of 0.7%.

 

JPMorgan estimates indicated that the average global demand for oil during October reached 102.1 million barrels per day, a decrease of 100,000 barrels per day compared to previous estimates.

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