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[ad_1] Last Updated: July 11, 2023, 01:20 IST United States of America (USA) The U.S. Labor Department reported last Friday the smallest monthly job gain in 2-1/2 years along with strong wage growth. (Photo: Reuters) Oil prices ease on US interest rate hike concerns, but supply cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia limit losses. CPI data and China reports to impact market Oil prices eased 1% on Monday on the increasing likelihood of more U.S. interest rate hikes, but crude supply cuts from top oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Russia limited the losses. Brent crude futures settled down 78 cents, or 1%, at $77.69 a barrel after touching their highest level in more than two months earlier in the session. US West Texas Intermediate crude fell 87 cents, or 1.2%, at $72.99. “Traders are very nervous about higher interest rates, which could kill demand very quickly," said Dennis Kissler, senior vice president of trading at BOK Financial, adding that some investors were also engaging in

[ad_1] Oil prices rose on Monday after key producers Saudi Arabia and Russia further cut crude output in a bid to protect their precious revenues, but quickly gave up their gains. Asian stock markets meanwhile advanced as easing inflation data fuelled hopes that central banks could be nearing the end of their interest rate hiking cycle. European stocks ended mostly lower and Wall Street stocks edged up to end a shortened trading session, with investor sentiment subdued on the eve of the Independence Day holiday in the United States. Data showing that the slump in US manufacturing continued for an eighth straight month in June, on the back of weak demand and slowing production, also dampened sentiment. Brent crude, the international benchmark, and US counterpart WTI jumped after Riyadh extended a voluntary oil production cut of one million barrels per day (bpd), while Moscow — whose invasion of Ukraine last year sparked oil market turmoil — said it was slashing exports by 500,000 b