Crude Ends Quiet Week Higher, WTI Outpaces Brent

摘要

Crude futures closed higher on Friday at the end of a slow week of trading, but North Sea Brent lagged US crude's gains despite the threat of escalating Russian military involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine. Brokers said the upward move on Friday had more to do with internal market dynamics than Kiev's accusation that Russian forces had invaded its territory.