Chinese blue-chips (.CSI300) added 0.1%, Australian shares (.AXJO) were up 0.58% and set for a ninth straight month of gains, and Seoul's Kospi (.KS11) rose 0.35%. Japan's Nikkei (.N225) edged up 0.06%.

According to the EU Climate Law, the European Union will have to cut its net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels and to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

Brent fell 67 cents, or 0.9%, to $74.01 a barrel, WTI fell 83 cents, or 1.1%, to $72.08 a barrel.

Chinese blue-chips fell more than 1%, taking MSCI’s index of emerging market shares 0.4% lower. Investors are also looking forward to U.S. jobs data that could sway the Federal Reserve’s policy outlook.

Brent Brent dipped 10 cents, or 0.1%, to $76.08 a barrel, WTI was down 4 cents, or 0.1%, at $74.01 a barrel.

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