SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended gains from the previous session in Asian trading on Thursday after a surprise third consecutive weekly U.S. crude inventory draw tightened the market.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures were trading at $45.59 per barrel at 0045 GMT(0745 Malaysian time Thursday), up 25 cents from their previous close. The contract had already gained as much as 3 percent the day before.
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