Brent futures rose 63 cents to $80.27 a barrel by 0425 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude climbed 62 cents to $76.27 a barrel. Prices closed marginally higher on Thursday.
Brent was on track to close up 0.5% for the week, while WTI was set to tick up 1.1%, which would represent a fourth consecutive week of gains for both benchmarks.had kept a lid on prices through the week. The world's second biggest oil consumer this week posted disappointing growth in second-quarter gross domestic product, increasing the likelihood of the economy's missing the government's 5% annual growth target.
However, sentiment across commodity markets has picked up on hopes the central government would roll out more stimulus measures to support the economy.