IOC buys Malaysian and W Africa crude again

SINGAPORE, Nov 10 (Reuters) Indian Oil Corp (IOC) bought up to 4 million barrels of West African and 500,000 barrels of Malaysian Miri crude in a regular tender for end-December and January-loading sweet grades, traders said on Friday.

The volume is slightly lower than in its last tender when IOC bought a hefty 5 million barrels and is the third time in a row that the state-run refiner has bought Malaysian crude.

IOC bought 500,000 barrels of January-loading Miri crude from Malaysia's Petronas. The cargo traded at around a