Reuters | Oil up on Syria, hurricane; US crude build limits gains Reuters Brent LCOc1, the global oil benchmark, was up 17 cents, or 0.3 percent, at $48.40 a barrel by 11:47 a.m. EDT (1547 GMT). It was up 67 cents at one point, after falling as much as 44 cents. Brent fell 10 percent for September and 24 percent for the quarter. Oil rises as Russia bombs Syria, US faces hurricane |