Oil Futures Settle Slightly Higher

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Oil Futures Settle Slightly Higher

(RTTNews) - Oil futures settled slightly higher on Thursday after some wild swings amid uncertainty about the outlook for oil demand, and on possible excess supply in the market.

Recent data showing a jump in crude inventories in the U.S., and the OPEC+'s decision to return voluntary output from April, weighed on prices.

The dollar's weakness supported oil prices, but

West Texas Intermediate Crude oil futures for April settled at $66.36 a barrel, up $0.05% from previous close.

Brent crude futures were up $0.12 or 0.17% at $69.42 a barrel a little while ago.

Comments from US Commerce Secretary Lutnick gave crude a boost. Lutnick said President Trump is likely to defer tariffs on Canada and Mexico for all goods and services compliant with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Data from Bloomberg said analytics firm Vortexa showed Russian Feb oil products exports reached a 1-year high of 2.5 million bpd.

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