Oil prices jump as focus swivels to OPEC, Russia meeting on output cuts

7 Apr by Vitaliy Dadalyan

Oil prices jump as focus swivels to OPEC, Russia meeting on output cuts

Oil prices jump as focus swivels to OPEC, Russia meeting on output cutsOil climbed on Wednesday, reversing most of the prior session’s losses, as investors pinned hopes on a Thursday meeting where OPEC members and allied producers will discuss output cuts to shore up prices that have tumbled amid the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose $1.30, or 5.5%, to $24.93 a barrel after dropping 9.4% in the previous session. Thursday’s meeting between members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, including Russia, is widely expected to be more successful than their gathering in early March.