• Oil prices inched higher Tuesday, climbing alongside stocks and other risk assets on optimism about improving economic growth and commodity demand. • West Texas Intermediate futures, the U.S. oil benchmark, rose 0.3% to $63.57 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Prices have fallen slightly below last week’s five-month highs but are still up about 40% for the year and 17% below their multiyear highs from early October.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 16, 2019 13:52 UTC