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Gulf Today Report

Crude oil has faced a turbulent year due to their pandemic but prices have since rebounded as stimulus got rolled out.

On Thursday, Brent was trading down 25 cents, or 0.5%, at $51.38 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) lost 0.2%, or 11 cents, to $48.29 a barrel.

 Stephen Innes, chief global market strategist at Axi said: "it is kind of year-end quiet but a weaker dollar is helping keep a floor under markets." 

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Brent and WTI recorded a decade-lows in April but they have doubled since then.

On the other hand, the US energy firm has added 3 oil and natural gas rigs this week.

OPEC+ is set to meet on Jan.4 and will likely boost output by 500,000 barrels per day in January.