Crude oil prices extended gains on Monday amid potential OPEC+ output cuts and conflict in Libya. Brent crude soared by 4.1% to settle at $105.09 a barrel. U.S. WTI crude increased by 4.2%, to close at $ 97.01 a barrel.
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The German government on Friday (26 August) said it was looking at decoupling gas and electricity markets as a way to curb rising power prices in Europe, a call later joined on Sunday by Brussels and Vienna.
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Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer backs a European Union-wide cap on runaway electricity prices, he said in a statement issued by his office on Sunday.
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The French government plans to continue to work to curtail the effect of rising energy prices on households next year, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said in remarks published on Saturday.
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U.S. Federal Reserve's warnings about imminent economic hardship and Saudi Arabia's signals that OPEC will restrict output supported oil prices. As a result, Brent crude oil increased by 1.7% to reach $100.99 a barrel in a volatile trading on Friday, while WTI rose by 0.6% to reach $93.06 a barrel.
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