European stocks rose on the morning of Sept. 16, oil prices inched up modestly after the previous day’s sharp gains, and the dollar ticked up as investors considered a mix of economic data and looked to next week’s Federal Reserve policy meeting that could provide clues for a rollback of stimulus measures.
Oil prices inched up on Thursday after first seeing a slight pullback following sharp gains the previous day on the back of a larger-than-expected drawdown in crude oil stocks in the United States.