
Oil prices rise as OPEC+ considers delaying December output increase
(Investing) – Oil prices rose more than 2% on Wednesday after Reuters reported that OPEC+ could delay a planned oil production increase in December by a month or more because of concern over soft oil demand and rising supply. Brent crude futures gained $1.10, or 1.6%, to $72.22 a barrel by 1418 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained $1.07, also 1.6%,