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Oil futures slipped 1.5% in choppy trading ahead of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+).

Oil prices rose about a dollar per barrel after top crude importer China eased COVID curbs in two major cities.

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months.

India's Nayara Energy has issued a tender to sell high-speed diesel or gasoil for first time since September.

Oil prices settled up by over $2 per barrel on signs of tighter supply, a weaker dollar and optimism over a Chinese demand recovery.

The Indian government will stop its electric vehicle subsidy scheme for companies against which complaints have been received.

EU leaders agreed on Thursday to a ninth package of sanctions but talks were acrimonious, with Poland and the Baltic states that neighbour Russia campaigning for tougher measures, while states further west, such as Germany, were more hesitant.

China, the world's top crude oil importer, is experiencing its first of three expected waves of COVID-19 cases after Beijing relaxed mobility restrictions but said it plans to step up support for the economy in 2023.