Oil prices on the UP again26 Feb 2019 13:16
Brent currently at $65.40...........
LONDON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Brent oil edged up to $65 a barrel on Tuesday as Saudi Arabia and the rest of OPEC were expected to stick to their production cuts, despite renewed pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Prices slid on Monday, when many traders were out of the office attending IP Week, a series of industry events in London, after Trump called on OPEC to ease its efforts to boost the oil market. Prices were "getting too high", the president said.
"Yesterday was a typical price action you see during IP Week when you have a headline," said Olivier Jakob, oil analyst at Petromatrix. "But I don't think it will change anything in current OPEC supply policy."
Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 24 cents to $65.00 by 1139 GMT, after losing 3.5 percent on Monday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude eased 7 cents to $55.41.
Expectations that U.S. crude inventories had risen for a sixth straight week limited the rally.
U.S. crude stocks were seen 3.6 million barrels higher in weekly inventory reports, underlining that supply is adequate in the world's top consumer. The first such report is due at 2130 GMT from the American Petroleum Institute.
Oil is up about 20 percent since the start of the year, when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producers, such as Russia, began cutting production in an effort to reduce a global glut.
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members are likely to be cautious about relaxing their supply-cut plan, Jakob said, after a boost in output in the second half of last year ahead of U.S. sanctions on Iran led to a steep slide in prices.....