Oil steadies, heads for weekly drop on U.S. economy worries

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Oil prices edged up in early trade on Friday on the prospect of OPEC+ continuing output cuts, but the crude benchmarks were headed for weekly losses on U.S. economic uncertainty and limited crude supply disruptions caused by the Israel-Hamas war. Brent crude futures for July rose 16 cents to $83.83 a barrel by 0008 GMT.