Oil Firm After 4 Percent Jump
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices steadied on Friday after an 8  percent rout spurred by a surprise interest rate hike in China  that raised doubts about demand from the world's second largest  energy user.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders took profits from a record rally that saw crude prices spike to over $100 a barrel.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after  leaping almost $2 a day earlier as the U.S. government said  crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week and distillate  fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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NEW YORK : World oil prices firmed after a five-session drop amid renewed concerns over unrest in Iraq despite a ceasefire in its holy city of Najaf.
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LONDON  - Oil prices firmed, rising briefly above 50 dollars in New York, supported by supply disruptions to operations in the North Sea, making markets nervous heading into the northern winter.
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Oil prices held strong Friday after a &#36;2, five percent surge higher as OPEC ministers weighed the timing of a possible further output cut for the spring.
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Oil steadied near $63 a barrel on   Thursday, holding onto the previous day's gains supported by   investment fund buying and speculation that OPEC could trim   output to bolster prices.
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U.S. consumers shrugged off record  oil prices to keep spending at the start of the fourth quarter,  data on Friday showed, in an upbeat sign for growth that may  presage another Federal Reserve rate hike in December.
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Oil prices held firm near six-week highs  on Friday after a six percent jump on Thursday driven by  concern that a looming U.S. cold snap will test low U.S. fuel  stocks.
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Oil prices steadied Friday, after  Thursday's 5 percent surge, as OPEC producers signaled their  readiness to defend prices by cutting global supply.
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Oil prices steadied above $45 a barrel on Thursday, attempting to put a floor under a 7.4 percent tumble after a big increase in US heating oil stocks eased worries of a winter supply squeeze.
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Oil steadied on Thursday after crude stocks piled up in top consumer the United States and weighed on already well-supplied markets.
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Investors appear to be in a cautious mood ahead of key crude oil inventory data due this morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 4 points in today&#39;s early going.
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Oil prices jumped from a four-month low on Wednesday as slow growth in US heating fuel inventories heightened fears for tight winter supplies.
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Oil prices held firm Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally.
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Oil held steady on Friday, hovering at about $99 a barrel, after falling the day before as traders took profits from a record rally that propelled crude prices to over $100 a barrel.