Singapore — Oil prices rose more than 1% on Thursday ahead of an Opec meeting in which Saudi Arabia is expected to push the group and its allies including Russia to agree to further output cuts to support the market.
Prices were also supported by a lower-than-expected rise in crude oil inventories in the US, alleviating some concerns of oversupply in the world’s biggest oil consumer...
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