Tokyo: Oil prices were mixed on Friday after big gains a day earlier when the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted crude stockpiles would start to shrink in second-half 2020 after surging while the coronavirus pandemic slashed fuel demand.
Brent crude was up 1 cent at $31.13 a barrel by 0115 GMT, after rising nearly 7 percent on Thursday. The global benchmark is roughly flat on the week after rising for the previous two weeks.
