Oil prices advanced on Wednesday as investors remain hopeful of OPEC+ decision to delay the scheduled increase in oil output.
Brent crude futures for January rose 22 cents, or 0.5%, to $43.97 a barrel by 07:33 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude for December climbed 6 cents, or 0.1%, to $41.49 a barrel.
Earlier in the session, both benchmarks fell following the American Petroleum Institute report on US crude stockpiles rising by 4.2 million barrels last week.
