In today's Asian trade, crude oil prices continued their upward trajectory, maintaining levels near a 10-month high, driven by a confluence of significant factors. Key drivers in this bullish trend included OPEC's anticipation of tighter oil supplies, concerns surrounding crucial U.S. inflation data, and signals of a potential increase in oil inventories. Crude Oil Updates The surge in crude oil prices had commenced the previous day, propelled by OPEC's release of a monthly report predicting further tightening in the oil market throughout the current year. This forecast was grounded in robust demand and reduced production levels. Just a week prior to the report, two major oil-producing nations, Saudi Arabia and Russia, had jointly announced substantial supply reductions for the remainder o