Oil jumps as Saudi, Russia take lead and extend supply cuts to March 2018

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Oil jumps as Saudi, Russia take lead and extend supply cuts to March 2018

Oil jumps as Saudi, Russia take lead and extend supply cuts to March 2018

Oil prices jumped 2 percent on Monday after the energy ministers of the world’s two biggest producers Saudi Arabia and Russia jointly said that a crude production cut would be extended from the middle of this year until March 2018. Brent crude was at $51.88 per barrel at 0655 GMT, up $1.04, or 2.1 percent, from its last close at a level last seen in early May. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was at $48.85 per barrel, up $1.01, or 2.1 percent.

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