Stock Market LIVE Updates: Oil prices flat after Fed keeps interest rate options open



Oil prices were little changed on Thursday after the minutes of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting revealed discussions of a further tightening of interest rates if inflation remained sticky, a move that could hurt oil demand. Brent crude futures were up 10 cents, or 0.1%, at $82.00 a barrel by 0850 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures were up 7 cents, or 0.1%, at $77.64. Both benchmarks fell more than 1% on Wednesday.