Oil prices were on track for their biggest weekly gain since late August, with market sentiment buoyed by easing concerns over the Omicron coronavirus variant’s impact on global economic growth and fuel demand. The Brent and WTI benchmarks were both on course for gains of about 7% this week, their first weekly gain in seven weeks, even after a brief bout of profit-taking. Brent crude futures were up 0.2%, or 11 cents, at $74.53 a barrel by 0927 GMT after falling 1.9% on Thursday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 27 cents, or 0.4%, to $71.21 after sliding 2% in a volatile session the previous day. Earlier in the week the oil market had recovered about half the […]