EghtesadOnline: Oil-linked currencies were the day’s biggest gainers as crude surged on reports OPEC had clinched a deal to limit supply.

EghtesadOnline: Oil exporters have not fully recovered from the dramatic oil price shock of 2014, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Saturday, and she cautioned against spending money on "white elephant projects."

EghtesadOnline: Oil prices edged up on Friday, remaining near the previous day's highs, on the prospect of talks by exporters about ways to prop up a market grappling with a supply overhang.