Home Business Oil prices climb as supplies tighten, demand outlook improves Business Oil prices climb as supplies tighten, demand outlook improves By Genpie - April 1, 2019 174 0 Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest WhatsApp Oil climbed more than 1 percent with U.S. crude futures hitting a 2019 high on Monday after tight supply and positive signs for the global economy drove both benchmarks’ largest first-quarter gains in nearly a decade.