Crude oil prices rose on Thursday as a weaker U.S. dollar buoyed sentiment in the market, lifting prices from five-week lows. Brent crude was trading up 55 cents, or 1.2 percent, at $47.41 a barrel by 0129 GMT (9:29 p.m. ET on Wednesday) after touching a five-week low at $46.46 in the previous session. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 50 cents, or 1.1 percent, at $45.84 per barrel. The U.S. dollar index slipped for a third session in a row on Thursday and was down 0.09 percent on concerns over the outcome of next week’s U.S. presidential election. A weak dollar makes dollar-denominated oil less costly for importing countries. The weaker dollar provided the market with some reprieve even as crude prices fell to five-week lows in the previous session as U.S. crude […]