Oil Prices Steady as Focus Returns to Supply Outlook

Oil Prices Steady as Focus Returns to Supply Outlook
Pumpjacks are seen against the setting sun at the Daqing oil field in Heilongjiang Province, China, on Dec. 7, 2018. Stringer/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices held steady on Monday after suffering losses at the end of last week, as investors’ focus returned to a tight global supply outlook while a last-minute deal that avoided a U.S. government shutdown restored some risk appetite.

Brent December crude futures rose 17 cents, or 0.18 percent, to $92.37 a barrel by 0802 GMT after falling 90 cents on Friday. Brent November futures settled 7 cents lower at $95.31 a barrel at the contract’s expiry on Friday.