SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged up in Asia Thursday following signs of a slight improvement in US demand but concerns that an oversupply will persist past next year kept the commodity struggling at multi-year lows.

Analysts said a sharp fall in the dollar on Wednesday may also have spurred some buying as weakness in the US currency makes dollar-priced oil cheaper.

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