تراجعت أسعار النفط بشكل طفيف، اليوم الجمعة، وسط تقييم المستثمرين للمخاطر في منطقة الشرق الأوسط، وترقبهم الإجراءات الأمريكية المحتملة لتخفيف القيود المفروضة على ناقلات النفط التابعة لما يُعرف ب"أسطول الظل".
Oil prices eased on Friday but were heading for weekly gains on the uncertainty over Middle East supplies and a larger-than-expected crude stocks draw in the United States. Brent crude futures fell 71 cents, or 0.67%, to $105.21 a barrel by 0352 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures were down 77 cents, or 0.79%, to $97.20, Reuters reported. WTI settled up more than 3% on Thursday after a big US crude stock draw on hurricane production shut-ins. For this week so far, Brent increased 0.44%, while WTI jumped 5.81%.