Oil prices rose slightly higher with help from chart-based traders and bottom-pickers despite warnings from a top energy watchdog that the decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to keep pumping could depress prices until the end of the decade. Many traders have been moving based on connections with the dollar and equities, and others are anticipating limited inventory growth this week, market participants said. Investors have recently shown a propensity to bet on the market rebalancing sooner than consensus expectations suggest, said Bill Herbert, analyst at Simmons & Co. International. “The rebalancing of the oil market is well under way,” he said. But “there is a lot that can push this off into 2017.” December crude oil settled up 34 cents, or 0.8%, to $44.21 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent, the global benchmark, gained 25 cents, or 0.5%, to $47.44 a barrel […]