Oil Prices Stable as Soaring Dollar Offset by US Output Outages

Oil Prices Stable as Soaring Dollar Offset by US Output Outages
An oil pump of IPC Petroleum France is seen at sunset outside Soudron, near Reims, France, on Aug. 24, 2022. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters
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LONDON—Oil prices were broadly stable on Wednesday as pressure from a strengthening dollar and crude storage builds was offset by U.S. production cuts caused by Hurricane Ian.

Brent crude futures were up 5 cents, or 0.06 percent, at $86.32 per barrel by 0937 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 9 cents, or 0.1 percent, at $78.41 per barrel. Both contracts erased earlier falls after rising over 2 percent in the previous session.