Crowd control measures have been set up at Apple stores, as staff say walk-ins will not be entertained this year
Brent for January settlement, which expired on Monday, gained as much as $1.97 to $110.80 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The more-active February contract traded $1.84 higher at $110.16 as of 1:15pm London time.
WTI for January delivery rose 79 cents to $97.39 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
The volume of all futures traded was about 5 per cent above the 100-day average.
The US benchmark crude was at a discount of $13.17 to Brent, compared with $12.35 on December 13.
Compiled from agencies
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