TOKYO: Crude oil futures rose in early Asian trade on thin volumes after an influential forecaster predicted that a market rally was not far off and U.S. Federal Reserve minutes suggested there was no hurry to raise rates.
The gains added to a surge in prices on Thursday, with Brent crude, the global benchmark, on track for a near 11 percent gain this week, the biggest weekly rise since early 2009.
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