Oil prices rose for a fourth straight session on Tuesday amid signs that producers are cutting output as promised just as demand picks up, stoked by more countries easing out of curbs imposed to counter the coronavirus pandemic.
Brent crude climbed 25 cents, or 0.7%, to $35.06 a barrel by 0629 GMT, after earlier touching its highest since April 9.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 43 cents, or 1.4%, at $32.25 a barrel. It rose as high as $33.44 earlier in the session, hitting its highest since March 16.
The June WTI contract expires on Tuesday, but there was little sign of a repeat of the historic plunge below zero seen a month ago on the eve of the May contract’s expiry amid signs that demand for crude and derived fuels is recovering from its nadir.
