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Crude:

Brent settled up while U.S. crude finished down 2 percent but off its lows after a partial pipeline outage and bets of positive U.S. inventory data helped oil offset some of Tuesday's skittish sentiment caused by weak Wall Street stocks.

Traders also took in their stride early market jitters from the impending expiry of the front-month contract in U.S. crude and a near two-week high in the dollar.

Brent futures fell more than 2 percent earlier on Tuesday and U.S. crude tumbled over 3 percent as U.S. equity markets slumped to a two-week low. Gasoline futures also lost more than 3 percent before turning positive.

The rebound came after news that Colonial Pipeline had shut part of its operation, including a line with a 850,000-barrel capacity to carry both gasoline and distillates from North Carolina to its New Jersey hub. Colonial said the shutdown was to investigate "odors of gasoline."

Bunker Market:

Market up in line with crude.

Dutch time: 11:00 hrs.

Fuel oil RMG 380 HS: 3.5%: USD 220-223

Marine Gas Oil DMA .89/ LS 0.1%: USD 440-443

ULS fuel oil: USD 400-405.