Even as reduced demand threatens to limit increases, oil prices continue to rise1

• Business
• May 13, 2022

Early Friday trade saw oil prices rise, but they were poised for their first weekly losses in three weeks as concerns about inflation and China’s COVID lockdowns slowed the global economy, outweighing concerns over declining Russian fuel supplies. At 0008 GMT, Brent crude prices were up 97 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $108.42 a barrel,