Oil prices rebounded on Friday as investors were bargain hunting after oil’s steep losses this week, but a bearish outlook for next year by a top energy watchdog kept prices under pressure. The International Energy Agency said Friday that global oil demand growth will slow to 1.2 million barrels a day in 2016 , after surging to 1.8 million barrels a day this year, a five-year high. “The impact of oil’s steep price plunge on end users is unlikely to be repeated and economic conditions are forecast to remain problematic in countries such as China,” the Paris-based agency said in its monthly report. Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, rose 1.3% to $45.80 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures were trading up 0.5% […]