Oil prices held their ground after tumbling in the previous session as markets braced for minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s December policy meeting. | Reuters
Oil prices held their ground on Wednesday after tumbling in the previous session as markets braced for minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s December policy meeting.
The Fed raised interest rates by 50 basis points in December after four consecutive increases of 75 bps each. If the Fed intensifies its rate hikes, that could slow the economy and hamper fuel consumption.Brent futures for March delivery rose 6 cents to $82.16 a barrel, a 0.1-percent gain, by 1:23 GMT. U.S. crude fell 2 cents, or 0.03 percent, to $76.91 per barrel.
It had dived 4.1 percent on Tuesday, the largest daily decline in more than three months, after the Chinese government raised export quotas for refined oil products in the first batch for 2023, signaling expectations of poor domestic demand and as the head of the International Monetary Fund warned of weakening economic activity in the United States, Europe and China.
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