Brent crude rose for the second time in three days as investors weighed the likelihood that OPEC will reduce output when it meets next week amid signs of weakening global demand. West Texas Intermediate also climbed in New York, buoyed by a weakening dollar. Futures gained as much as 0.8 percent to a high of $79.95 a barrel in London. Venezuela, one of 12 members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, met with Russia to discuss ways to support oil prices, the foreign ministry in Caracas said yesterday. The dollar traded 0.5 percent lower against the euro. WTI climbed as much as 1 percent in New York. To contact the reporter on this story: Rupert Rowling in London at [email protected] To contact the editors responsible for this story: Alaric Nightingale at [email protected] Rachel Graham