WORLD CAPITALS (WAM)
Oil prices rose on Friday, heading for a fourth monthly gain.
Brent crude futures for December advanced $1.20, or 1.04 percent, to $116.08 per barrel (pb) as of 0323 GMT.
The more-active January contract gained $1.39 to $112.19.
US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures climbed $1.37, or 1.34 percent, to $103.37.
For the month, Brent was on course to finish nearly 11 percent higher, while WTI was heading for a 14 percent jump, according to Reuters.