SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose in Asia on Friday after Nigeria said key crude producers plan to meet in Russia later this month to discuss a proposed output freeze.

The pick-up follows a week of gains for the battered commodity, which in January was wallowing near 13-year lows below $30 a barrel owing to overproduction, a supply glut and a slowdown in the global economy.

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