Oil prices log over 11% weekly rise, with OPEC+ set to meet Saturday to discuss extension of output cuts - MarketWatch
Crude-oil futures ended sharply higher Friday, supported by news that major oil producers will convene Saturday to discuss plans for extended productions cuts, while an unexpected monthly climb in U.S. jobs suggested a recovery in energy demand mat be at hand. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, said they would hold meetings via videoconference on Saturday, with the OPEC member conference set to begin at 2 p.m. Central European time, or 8 a.m. Eastern time, and an OPEC+ conference to begin two hours later. The major oil producers are expected to reach an official agreement to extend record oil production cuts of 9.7 million barrels a day through July, according to The Wall Street Journal. The group decided to move forward a meeting that had been planned for June 9-10, after a tentative plan to meet on June 4 fell apart. Read: Why OPEC+ effort to stabilize oil prices points to potential supply deficit unless shale outpu
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