Muscat: Oil prices edged down as investors booked profits after a jump to a seven-week high during the prior session on a surprise drop in US weekly crude inventories and concerns Ukraine's attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure could disrupt supplies. Brent crude futures eased 18 cents, or 0.26 percent, to $69.13 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures were down 20 cents, or 0.31 percent, at $64.79. Both benchmarks had surged about 2.5 percent in the last session.

According to Oman News Agency, prices were supported after US crude inventories fell by a surprise 607,000 barrels in the week ended 19 September, the Energy Information Administration said yesterday "Wednesday".