Brent jumps to six-month high

Oil traders gesture as they make trades during trading on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange, Thursday March 6, 2008. Oil prices steadied today after rising to a record near $106 a barrel due to a surprising drop in U.S. crude supplies and a new low for the dollar against the euro. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)

Oil traders: Prices impacted by Europe weather

BEBETO MATTHEWS

By News Wires

 06 February 2012 23:03 GMT

Brent oil rose for a fifth straight session on Monday to settle at a six-month high as cold weather in Europe boosted heating fuel demand and pushed the crude's premium to US oil to the highest since November, a report said.

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