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Oil prices rise ahead of expected U.S. interest rate cut

30 July 2019 07:55 (UTC +04:00)

Brent crude LCOc1 rose 30 cents, or 0.5%, to $64.01 a barrel by 0013 GMT, after gaining 0.4% the previous session, APA reports quoting .

U.S. crude <CLc1 was up 34 cents or 0.6%, at $57.21 a barrel, having risen 1.2% on Monday.

Crude futures are “well bid on the back of rising expectations of a rate cut in the U.S.,” ANZ Research said in a morning note, adding that optimism over Sino-U.S. trade talks and Middle East tensions are also supporting prices.

U.S. central bankers will begin their two-day meeting later in the day and are expected to lower borrowing costs for the first time since the depths of the financial crisis more than a decade ago.

U.S. President Donald Trump said a small rate cut “is not enough.”

Economic growth in the United States slowed less than expected in the second quarter, strengthening the outlook for oil consumption but, elsewhere, disappointing economic data has increased concerns about slower growth.

U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet this week for their first in-person talks since a G20 truce last month, with some optimistic that the discussions will help bridge the gap between the world’s two largest economies.