Oil prices were nearing a 4% gain on Thursday as the U.S. dollar weakened and the International Energy Agency (IEA) upgraded its demand forecast to a 1.1 million barrel-per-day increase next year. Brent crude was trading at $76.70 on Thursday at 11:50 a.m. ET, up 3.29%. West Texas Intermediate (WTI), the U.S. benchmark, was trading at $71.87, up 3.45%. Earlier on Thursday, the IEA boosted its 2024 demand forecast by 130,000 bpd based on U.S. supply growth that “continues to defy expectations”. However, the agency revised…