Front end Brent crude oil futures were trading slight higher on Friday despite a three month low due to oversupply concerns.

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The front-month Brent crude contract increased 25 cents and traded at $44.43 a barrel, while the US WTI crude traded flat at $40.54 a barrel declining 21 cents, Reuters reported.

Sucden analyst Kash Kamal told the news agency: "The market is fatigued from having looked at the production statistics and the ever increasing supply glut."

Further Kamal added saying that fluctuations in the US dollar may impact crude prices and could make oil and other commodities expensive for other currency holders.

"Data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) highlighted an eighth straight week of increase in inventories."

As supply surpassed demand by 0.7 million to 2.5 million barrels a day, crude futures have declined around 60 percent since mid-2014.

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