Sentiment also gained from data showing US employment rising more than expected in October
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OPEC+ group of major producers agreed to stick to their plan to raise oil output by 400,000 barrels per day from December ignoring calls from US President Joe Biden for extra output to cool prices
Brent oil futures ended down $1.82, or 2.1%, to $84.58 a barrel, after closing at a seven-year high on Tuesday
Analysts expect the latest weekly US oil inventory data to show a 1.9 million-barrel build in crude stocks
Brent crude futures rose by 81 cents, or 1%, to $86.34 a barrel, following on from last Friday's 1.1% gain
Investors with a high risk tolerance can still add exposure to longer-dated Brent oil contracts
Gain for 7th day; shrug off worries about rising yields, oil prices
Brent crude oil futures were up 13 cents, or 0.15 per cent, to $84.73 a barrel at 9.00 pm ist, after hitting $86.04, their highest level since October 2018
Brent crude futures settled up 86 cents, or 1%, at $84.86 a barrel
Brent is set for a sixth straight weekly gain in the wake of robust demand and limited supply
Oil and natural gas prices have soared to multi-year highs recently, sending power prices surging to record levels as widespread energy shortages engulf Asia and Europe
Brent crude futures gained 28 cents, or 0.3%, to $83.46 a barrel at 0107 GMT after falling 0.3% on Wednesday.
Prices came under pressure early when China, the world's biggest crude importer, released data showing September imports fell 15% from a year earlier
Brent crude futures were down 76 cents, or 0.9%, at $82.66 a barrel at 1406 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell 80 cents or 0.9% to $79.84 a barrel.
The price of Brent has surged by more than 60 per cent this year
Energy crunch stokes inflation, economic recovery concerns
Oil prices jumped on Monday to the highest levels in years, fuelled by rebounding global demand that has contributed to power and gas shortages in key economies like China
Brent crude was up $1.45, or 1.8%, at $83.84 a barrel by 1336 GMT, its highest since October 2018
Oil rose on Friday, gaining about 4% on the week as a global energy crunch boosted US prices to their highest in almost seven years as big power users struggle to meet demand