Oil prices extend gains as worries over fuel demand recede
Oil prices extended gains on Tuesday with prices trading near the previous day’s one-month high on hopes that the Omicron coronavirus variant will have a limited impact on fuel demand.
Brent crude rose 14 cents, or 0.1%, to $78.74 a barrel, by 0437 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 25 cents, or 0.3%, to $75.81 a barrel, gaining for a fifth straight session.
“Worries regarding Omicron are easing across the globe, resulting in some optimism over demand … Prices are expected to trade with positive bias,” said Abhishek Chauhan, head of commodities at Swastika Investmart Ltd.
