Oil futures settled higher Monday, boosted by strength in equities. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now ICE October Brent settled 39 cents higher at $76.21/b, while NYMEX October crude settled 12 cents higher at $68.84/b. In refined products, September NYMEX ULSD settled 1.27 cents higher at $2.2149/gal, and September NYMEX RBOB settled 1.17 cents higher at $2.0896/gal. News that the United States and Mexico reached a preliminary trade agreement gave the stock market a lift. Uncertainty over NAFTA re-negotiations and the US-China trade conflict have been causing some concern about economic growth, and thus oil demand growth. Monday’s agreement helped to ease some of those concerns, and put pressure on other US trade partners to come to the table, said Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at Price Futures Group. S&P Global Platts Energy Symposium | October 9-11, 2018 | […]