LONDON: Global oil benchmark Brent hovered above $80 a barrel on Thursday, fuelled by U.S. inflation data that presaged the interest rate hike cycle in the world's biggest economy is set to finally cool.
Data released on Wednesday showed U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in June and registered their smallest annual increase in more than two years as inflation continued to subside.
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