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Brent crude futures for November delivery rose by 51 cents, or 0.71 percent, reaching $72.49 a barrel

Market focus now shifts to the U.S. core personal consumption expenditures price index data due later today

Market awaits Federal chair Jerome Powell's remarks due later in the day, along with U.S. inflation data due on Friday

The central bank also announced a support package that included a 50-basis-point reduction on average interest rates for existing mortgages
