Oil futures regained some ground on Friday but the week's losses succeeded in pushing crude out of its recent sideways trading pattern, leaving US crude below $80 and Brent trading just above its psychological barrier at about $83. Macro strength at the end of the week was attributed to a weaker dollar, which stepped down from a new four-year high on Thursday, as well as reports of production outages at Libya’s largest oil field, El-Sharara (IOD Nov.6'14).
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