Oil prices nudged higher on Wednesday on rising tensions over Iran, a sharp fall in U.S. crude stocks and positive signs on Sino-U.S. talks, although worries about weak demand kept a cap on gains.
Brent crude futures <LCOc1> were up 21 cents, or 0.3%, at $64.04 a barrel by 0719 GMT, after rising nearly 1% on Tuesday.
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude <CLc1> was up 28 cents, or 0.5%, at $57.05 a barrel, having risen about 1% in the previous session.
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