
Oil: Brent crude rises to $63.34 per barrel
Oil prices rose on Friday by more than 2 percent at settlement. Brent crude futures increased by $1.35 or 2.18 percent to reach $63.34 per barrel at settlement, while West Texas Intermediate rose by $1.36 or 2.35 percent to $59.12. Both benchmark crudes jumped by more than three percent on Thursday after declines over two consecutive days. For the week, Brent crude rose by about four percent while West Texas Intermediate increased by about three percent.









