The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) -- a group of rebels responsible for the bulk of the attacks on Nigeria's oil infrastructure -- have vowed to commence bombing of oil installations across the Niger Delta to protest the government's neglect of the region.

U.S. Rig Count is up 9 from last week to 470, Canada Rig Count is up 24 from last week to 117.

Brent was up 4 cents, or 0.1%, at $75.60 a barrel, WTI was up 1 cent, or less than 0.1%, at $73.31 a barrel.

OPEC+ negotiations on August production levels will pick up in earnest on June 29, with a meeting of the delegate-level advisory Joint Technical Committee, before the nine-country Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee co-chaired by Saudi Arabia and Russia convene on June 30.

India is the world's third largest consumer of crude and a key market for many OPEC members.

Chinese blue-chips (.CSI300) rose 0.43%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng (.HSI) added 0.61%, Seoul's Kospi (.KS11) was up 0.79% and Australian shares (.AXJO) climbed 0.22%. Japan's Nikkei (.N225) rose 0.59%.

Brent rose 30 cents, or 0.4%, to $75.49 a barrel, WTI climbed 31 cents, or 0.4%, to $73.39 a barrel.

Wide spreads between the price of LNG in end-user markets in Asia and Europe and feedgas prices based on the US Henry Hub have been incentivizing robust export activity from the US Gulf and Atlantic coasts.

The most-traded coking coal futures contract on the Dalian Commodity Exchange , for September delivery, ended at 2,037 yuan ($314.24) per tonne.

In Germany, the euro zone’s benchmark bond issuer, 10-year yields have risen around 12 basis points

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 7.6 million barrels from the previous week to 459.1 million barrels.

Brent rose 81 cents, or 1.1%, to $75.62, WTI added 49 cents, or 0.7%, to $73.34.

t the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.25% at 3,566.22, rising for the third consecutive session. The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.49%.

Brent climbed 29 cents, or 0.4%, to $75.19 a barrel, WTI was at $73.66 a barrel, unchanged from the previous session.

The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.6% to 5,122.16, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.8% at 3,557.41.