Brent crude futures settled up $1.11, or 2.4 percent, at $47.37 a barrel. It rose to $47.47 at the session high. U.S. crude's West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures settled up 93 cents, or 2.1 percent, at $45.68 a barrel. The day's peak was $45.80. (A worker looks at a pump jack at an oil field Buzovyazovskoye owned by Bashneft company north from Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia. - REUTERS filepic
Brent crude futures settled up 95 cents, or 2 percent, at US$46.83 per barrel.
