NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Crude oil for October recovered some lost ground Thursday, topping $105 per barrel, as business indexes showed growth in China, Europe and the United States.
The manufacturing purchasing managers index for the United States climbed slightly to 53.9 in August. In the eurozone, the composite PMI for service and manufacturing firms reached 51 in a flash estimate. In China, the flash estimate of its manufacturing PMI came to 50.1.