Opec deal gives investors biggest lift since slump
New York
INVESTORS are the most optimistic on oil since the slump began two-and-a-half years ago.
Money managers boosted bets on rising West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices to the highest level since July 2014, after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and producers outside the group agreed to coordinate crude production cuts. Prices advanced to a 17-month high on Dec 12 on speculation that the curbs will reduce the global inventory glut next year.
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