Oil heads for back-to-back weekly gain on hints of trade thaw


SINGAPORE: Oil headed for its first back-to-back weekly gain since June on signs the United States and China could be edging closer to a trade deal and as a growing list of central banks start easing policy to shore up growth.

Futures in New York edged higher on Friday and are up 1.2% this week. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will speak Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming amid expectations for another US rate cut next month.

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