Singapore — Oil prices edged higher on Tuesday as investors focused on the signing of a preliminary trade deal between the US and China, the world’s top oil consumers, and on expectations of a drawdown in US crude oil inventories.
However, price gains were capped by receding Middle East tensions, with Tehran and Washington desisting from any further escalation after this month’s clashes...
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