Oil suffers weekly loss on stronger US dollar, record-high Fed rates; Brent sticks to $82/bbl

Oil suffers weekly loss on stronger US dollar, record-high Fed rates; Brent sticks to $82/bbl

Oil prices fell by nearly $1 a barrel on Friday as comments from U.S. central bank officials indicated higher-for-longer interest rates, which could hinder demand from the world’s largest crude consumers. Brent crude futures settled at $82.79 a barrel, down $1.09, or 1.3%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled at $78.26 a barrel, down $1.00, … Read more