Crude oil futures for February gained Rs 20, or 0.39%, to Rs 5,196 per barrel in 1,556 lots.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, the January contract moved up by Rs 19, or 0.37%, to Rs 5,155 per barrel in 7,551 lots.
Fresh positions by speculators supported the crude oil futures.
Firming trend in Asia as a completed US pipeline expansion project reducing oversupplied US inventory stocks triggered the uptrend.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, the February contract advanced by 60 cents to $ 94.16 per barrel.