London — Oil prices firmed on Wednesday as hopes that oil cartel Opec and its allies, including Russia (Opec+) will delay a planned increase in oil output to offset a bigger than expected build in US crude inventories.

Brent crude futures rose 53c, or 1.2%, to $44.28 a barrel by 10.46am GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained 44c, or 1.1%, to $41.87...

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