HOUSTON: Oil prices ticked up on Friday as US officials appeared close to striking a debt-ceiling deal, and as the market weighed conflicting messages on supply from Russia and Saudi Arabia ahead of the next Opec+ policy meeting.
Brent crude settled 69 cents, or 0.9%, higher at US$76.95 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate closed up 84 cents, or 1.2%, at US$72.67 a barrel.
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