Oil prices stabilize as markets await inventories and economic data

Brent crude futures settled slightly above $90 per barrel today, as investors await a series of macroeconomic data scheduled for release later this week.

The price of global benchmark Brent crude fell six cents to $90.58 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell two cents to $87.27.

Brent reached $90 a barrel last week for the first time in ten months, after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced that they would extend voluntary supply cuts amounting to a combined 1.3 million barrels per day until the end of the year.

Investors are awaiting data from the sector regarding US crude inventories, scheduled to be released this evening.

QNA

Infographic