SINGAPORE— Crude prices rebounded on Monday after Algeria’s energy minister said the day before that all options were possible for an oil output cut or freeze at this week’s informal meeting of Opec producers.That came after prices tumbled 4% on Friday amid signs Saudi Arabia and Iran were making little progress in achieving preliminary agreement to freeze production.Members of the oil cartel will meet on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum in Algeria from September 26-28, where they will discuss a possible output-limiting deal."We will not come out of the meeting empty-handed," Algerian energy minister Noureddine Bouterfa said in Algiers on Sunday.A weaker US dollar also supported oil prices.Brent crude futures had climbed 39c to $46.28 a barrel as of 3.30am GMT after settling down $1.76, or 3.7%, at the previous close. The benchmark advanced 0.3% last week.US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 32c to $44.80 a barrel after falling $1.84, or 4%, in the prev...
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