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Investing.com — Oil prices stabilized Friday after the previous session\u2019s sharp gains, and are set to break a two-week losing streak on optimism about crude demand from Chinese refineries as well as a weaker dollar.<\/p>\n

By 03:45 ET (07:45 GMT), futures traded 0.1% lower at $70.55 a barrel, while the contract fell 0.1% to $75.61 a barrel.<\/p>\n

Both benchmarks soared 3%, the biggest jump in six weeks, on Thursday, putting them on course to register gains of around 1% this week, breaking a two-week losing run.<\/p>\n

These gains came after data released Thursday showed that China’s oil refinery throughput in May rose 15.4% from a year earlier, its second highest total on record.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s economic recovery from its COVID hit has been stuttering, but these numbers suggest that demand from the country\u2019s refineries for crude remains strong.<\/p>\n

Helping the tone was the news that China\u2019s central bank has cut a couple of interest rates this week. This suggests that Beijing is determined to prop up the economy and thus more stimulus is likely to boost activity in the world\u2019s largest importer of crude.<\/p>\n

Adding to the week\u2019s optimism has been weakness in the , which fell overnight to a five-week low versus a basket of other currencies on the back of some disappointing U.S. economic data.<\/p>\n

The dollar is on track for its biggest weekly drop since January, making oil, which is denominated in dollars, cheaper for holders of other currencies.<\/p>\n

That said, the crude market is still down over 10% since the start of the year, despite swinging cuts to output levels from a group of top producers, given persistent concerns over the global demand outlook, and with the strength of the U.S. economy, in particular.<\/p>\n

The U.S. paused its year-long rate-hiking cycle on Wednesday, as widely expected, but signaled the likelihood of two more rate increases this year.<\/p>\n

This has raised fears that the U.S. economy, the largest consumer of oil in the world, will fall into recession in the second half of the year.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the raised interest rates for the eighth successive time on Thursday and signaled further policy tightening ahead, while the is likely to hike next week as it battles the highest level of inflation in the G7.<\/p>\n

Higher interest rates ultimately increase borrowing costs for consumers, which could slow economic growth and reduce oil demand.<\/p>\n

Numbers from detailing the total of active oil rigs in the U.S. and positioning data from round off the week later in the session.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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