Oil rises above US$43 Wednesday as investors await OPEC cut(updated)


  • Business
  • Wednesday, 10 Dec 2008

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose above US$43 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as investors looked to an expected OPEC production cut next week to help stabilize prices that have plummeted amid a global economic slowdown.

Light, sweet crude for January delivery was up $1.21 to $43.28 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midday in Singapore.

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