‎Oil rises on Friday, heads for weekly loss

‎Oil rises on Friday, heads for weekly loss

Oil rose today, June 2, but is still bound for a weekly drop after the US Congress passed a bill to suspend the US debt ceiling of $31.4 billion.

Brent crude contracts for August delivery traded 0.47%, or 35 cents, higher at $74.63 a barrel at 8:16 am Makkah Time.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for July delivery rose 0.46%, or 32 cents, to $70.42 a barrel, despite a drop of around 3% this week.

Investor attention is now fixed on the June 4 meeting of OPEC+ amid expectations that OPEC+ will keep production targets unchanged.