Brent Oil was trading 0.10% down at $76.52.
Brent crude futures snapped a three-day rally on Friday in light trading before the Christmas holidays but the benchmark was still headed for a weekly gain, with the market focusing on next steps by OPEC+ and the impact of the Omicron variant.
Brent Crude futures fell 75 cents, or 1%, to $76.10 a barrel by 1121 GMT, following a 2.1% gain in the previous session. The benchmark was still on track for a weekly gain of about 3.5%.
U.S. markets are closed on Friday for the Christmas holiday.
Oil prices have recovered this week as fears over the impact of the highly infectious Omicron variant on the global economy receded, with early data suggesting it causes a milder level of illness.
“The omicron-is-mild rally could well continue into January now, but reality will bite in February I believe, as the end of the Fed taper moves into sight,” OANDA analyst Jeffrey Halley said.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said last week it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March, paving the way for three interest rate increases that most Fed policymakers now believe will be needed next year.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies including Russia, known as OPEC+, will meet on 4 January to decide whether to go ahead with a 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) production increase in February.
Russia believes oil prices are unlikely to change significantly next year with demand recovering to pre-pandemic levels only by the end of 2022, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.
Brent Oil , RSI Stood at 52.293, the current price is trading Above the Moving Averages 5 & 20 . So, a Buy trade can be executed with the following target and stop-loss:
TRADE SIGNAL-Brent Oil– Buy: 75.90, TARGET:-81.90, STOP LOSS:- 72.90.
