1020 ET - Oil futures press higher amid optimism about a U.S. trade deal with the U.K. and planned talks with China. Prices are back above last week's closing levels before the OPEC+ decision to add another 411,000 barrels to output in June. "It's still very headline-driven," says Neil Crosby of Sparta Commodities. "There's certainly a bit of market hope that the tariff tension is going to lift," while in the oil space it remains to be seen if the OPEC+ agreement means another 400,000 barrels hitting the market from June onward, he says. "There are chronic overproducers anyway, so to a certain extent it's targets versus reality narrowing." WTI is up 2.7% at $59.61 a barrel and Brent is gaining 2.3% to $62.51 a barrel. (anthony.harrup@wsj.com)
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