Brent crude trades near four-day high

MELBOURNE - Brent crude traded near the highest level in four days before international talks with Iran on its nuclear programme. China increased fuel prices for the first time since September.

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Published: Tue 26 Feb 2013, 10:27 PM

Last updated: Sat 4 Apr 2015, 7:51 AM

Futures rose as much as 1.6 per cent after gaining 0.5 per cent on February 22. Iran, which is under a Western embargo on its oil exports, will meet the US, China, France, Germany, Russia and the UK, or the so-called P5+1 group, today in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Brent for April settlement advanced as much as $1.77 to $115.87 a barrel, the highest level since it settled at $117.52 on February 19. It was at $115.84 as of 11:17 am local time on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The volume of all futures traded was 0.6 per cent more than the 100-day average. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $21.43 to West Texas Intermediate, up from $20.97 on February 22.


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