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Oil prices inched up on Wednesday.
The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for August delivery gained 5 cents, or 0.07 percent, to settle at 68.38 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude for September delivery went up 4 cents, or 0.06 percent, to settle at 70.19 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
Crude futures settle higher
Voting in Chile's presidential runoff election opened on Sunday, with leftist candidate Jeannette Jara facing Republican contender Jose Antonio Kast.
According to Chile's Electoral Service, voting began at 08:00 local time (1100 GMT) and will end at 18:00 (2100 GMT) the same day, with more than 15 million registered voters eligible to cast ballots.
In this round of voting, the candidate who receives the most votes will win the election. The president-elect will take office on March 11 next year.
No candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote in the first round on Nov. 16, meaning Jara and Kast, who won 26.85 percent and 23.92 percent, respectively, advanced to the runoff.
The two candidates have focused on improving social security, tackling illegal immigration and other issues in a bid to win over voters.
Voting begins in Chilean presidential runoff
