Oil firms as OPEC+ poised to extend supply cut

Oil prices were up on Monday as OPEC and its allies looked on track to extend supply cuts until at least the end of 2019 at their meeting in Vienna this week. Brent crude futures for September delivery rose as high as $66.75 a barrel and were up $1.89 at $66.63 a barrel by 0957 GMT. U.S. crude futures for August climbed $1.67 to $60.14 a barrel, after earlier hitting their highest in over five weeks at $60.28.