Oil settles below $40.00 a barrel as OPEC refuses to cut production

FXStreet (Córdoba) - Oil ended with sharp losses on Friday as the commodity weakened after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to raise the output ceiling despite a global glut.

WTI crude fell from a session peak of $41.98 to a low of $39.61 a barrel before settling at $39.98, down 2.64% on the session, having erased all of its Thursday gains, triggered by a strong sell-off in the US dollar, and finishing the week around 4.0% lower.

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