Oil hardly changed amid hope for stimulus measures to counter slowdown
20 August 2019 - 08:29
Singapore — Crude oil prices held mostly steady on Tuesday on optimism that US-China trade tensions would ease and on hopes that major economies would enact stimulus measures to counter a possible global economic slowdown that could affect oil demand.
Brent crude edged higher by 1c to $59.75 a barrel by 3.44am GMT, after rising 1.88% on Monday...
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