Benchmark oil for December delivery was up 3 cents to $85.41 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell 16 cents to $108.10 per barrel in London. The price of US oil fell slightly yesterday after the International Energy Agency predicted demand will grow at a slower pace into next year because of the sluggish global economy. The contract fell 19 cents to end at $85.38 per barrel in New York. The IEA lowered its forecast for fourth-quarter oil demand by 300,000 barrels a day to 90.1 million barrels. Meanwhile, global oil supplies increased 800,000 barrels per day to 90.9 million barrels per day in October, the agency said. The IEA blamed the weak European economy and superstorm Sandy, which disrupted oil imports and petrol deliveries on the US east coast. Analysts also said uncertainty over Greece's debt situation and the so-called fiscal cliff in the US were weighing on future prospects for global oil demand.

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