Oil up after sell-offs amid optimism about Trump meeting Kim

Oil up after sell-offs amid optimism about Trump meeting Kim

Crude oil futures rose on Friday after two days of sell-offs amid optimism over a planned meeting between North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump. Kim also pledged to refrain from further nuclear or missile tests, lifting Asian stock markets and pulling crude oil futures along with them. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were at $60.42 a barrel, up 30 cents, or 0.5 percent.

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