Oil prices slide, head for losing week
turned higher early Friday morning ahead of a meeting of consuming nations to discuss a new release of emergency oil reserves alongside the release announced by the United States.
The planned U.S. release caused Thursday's falls. The two benchmark contracts were headed for a weekly loss of around 13%, their biggest in two years, according to Reuters.
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