Oil steadied after surging to a 10-month high as broader risk-off sentiment cooled a piping hot rally driven by OPEC+ supply cuts and comments from Saudi Arabia's energy minister shying away from any change in course.
Benchmark US crude oil settled above $90 a barrel for the first time since November, the latest milestone in a surge driven by output cuts from Saudi Arabia and Russia amid record global consumption.
Oil hovered near its highs of the year as the International Energy Agency added to a drumbeat of forecasts that the market will tip into a significant supply deficit in the second half of this year.
Oil extended its rally to a 10-month high as production cuts by leaders of the OPEC+ cartel strain global supplies, a setup that's projected to create the tightest crude market in a decade in the months ahead.