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Oil extends gains amid easing US-China trade tensions

Working oil pumps silhouette.

Oil extended an advance after a US industry report signalled a bigger-than-expected draw in nationwide crude inventories and as trade tensions eased between the world’s two largest economies.

Futures in New York added as much as 2.2 per cent after climbing 1.3 per cent Tuesday.

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