Oil Prices Hold Steady
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Oil prices held steady on Wednesday  as traders awaited key inventory data in the United States, the  world's biggest energy consumer, and a fresh outlook on the  U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after  leaping almost $2 a day earlier as the U.S. government said  crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week and distillate  fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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U.S. oil prices were steady on Thursday, holding gains of nearly &#36;2 from a day earlier after a U.S. government report showed crude oil stocks falling to their lowest level in five months.
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Oil prices held steady on Tuesday after falling 2 percent a day earlier and were set for further falls in anticipation of higher U.S. crude stocks despite concerns over disruptions to Iraqi oil flow.
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Oil prices rose Tuesday but stayed within the range the market has maintained since early October.
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Oil prices held strong on Friday not far below the $55-a-barrel mark as traders worried time is running out to top up low heating oil inventories before winter.
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NEW YORK - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday, holding Monday&#39;s losses as forecasts for a swift end to this week&#39;s US cold snap eased worries over thin fuel stocks in the world&#39;s biggest energy consumer.
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Oil prices held steady near &#36;47 on Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S. inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks.
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Oil prices held firm above &#36;55 a barrel on Wednesday as traders braced for the start of the northern winter with thin heating oil supplies.
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Oil was steady on Thursday, hovering  nearly $2 shy of its record high of $89 a barrel as one OPEC  minister raised the prospect of another output increase and  U.S. data showed rising inventories and weak demand.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday as  data showing stubbornly low U.S. heating fuel supplies ahead of  winter stemmed a rout of nearly $10 since late October.
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Oil prices remain steady in New York trade as official data showed the first rise in US crude stocks in 10 weeks.
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Oil prices were steady on Thursday as  concern over lean heating fuel supplies in the United States  and Europe ahead of winter stemmed falls of nearly $10 since  late October.
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Oil prices held steady above &#36;53 a barrel on Wednesday as worries over a winter supply crunch countered expectations that high fuel costs would curb growth in petroleum demand next year.
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World oil prices steadied with prices, underpinned by the US Atlantic hurricane season -- which threatens to damage energy facilities -- and expectations that OPEC will keep its output unchanged at a meeting next week, dealers said Wednesday.
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Oil held steady Friday, in a quiet end  to a tumultuous year in which crude prices set the highest  yearly average on record.
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Oil prices held steady on Wednesday as  the U.S. government reported a rise in crude and gasoline  stocks but tensions simmered in the Middle East following the  killing of Lebanon's former Prime Minister.