Oil Holds Steady as Saudi Cuts Balance Macroeconomic Gloom

Oil Holds Steady as Saudi Cuts Balance Macroeconomic Gloom
A pump jack is seen surrounded by steam during sunset at a PetroChina's oil field in Karamay, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region on Jan. 5, 2011. Stringer/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices were stable on Friday, as investors weighed fears about the health of China’s economy against supply cuts from major producers Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Both oil benchmarks hit 10-month highs earlier this week after Riyadh and Moscow extended their voluntary supply cuts of a combined 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) to the end of the year.