Oil ticks higher from 5-month low after Russia hints at deepening OPEC+ cuts
Live MintOil prices ticked higher after falling to five-month lows on Tuesday, December 5, after Russia said that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies was ready to deepen output cuts in the first quarter of next year. Back home, on the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil futures due for a December 18 expiry, was last trading lower by 0.13 per cent at ₹6,149 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,044 and ₹6,193 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹6,157 per barrel. -Elsewhere, the resumption of fighting in the Israel-Hamas war and attacks on three commercial vessels in the southern Red Sea stoked supply concerns and helped prop up oil prices, according to Reuters. Furthermore, crude oil prices faced downward pressure due to disappointing output cuts from OPEC+ nations.