Oil Marches Toward &#36;50, Weighs on Stocks
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Oil prices marched toward &#36;50 a barrel on Friday, weighing on Asian stock markets as investors fretted over the impact of high energy costs on corporate profits, consumer spending and economic growth in general.
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Stocks shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from mid-day declines as oil prices retreated after surging past $50 per barrel.
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Oil prices rallied further on Monday,  clawing back toward $50 a barrel on heightened concerns over  low supplies of winter heating fuels.
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Oil prices edged lower in thin early trade on Wednesday, keeping within sight of &#36;50 a barrel on supply worries in the United States, where weekly data is expected to show a draw in distillate inventories.
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Oil prices hugged &#36;50 a barrel on Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with U.S. crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering effects of Hurricane Ivan.
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Oil prices slipped on Monday but held above &#36;49 a barrel as easing concerns about a winter supply crunch pulled the market further away from record highs set two weeks ago.
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Oil prices held firm just above &#36;47 a barrel on Friday, bolstered by a tightening outlook for market fundamentals and sliding U.S. temperatures.
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Crude oil futures briefly surpassed $50 a barrel Tuesday before retreating sharply amid concerns about low US heating oil inventories ahead of winter.
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World oil prices marched towards 50 dollars per barrel, touching new highs in pre-opening electronic trading as fighting raged in major producer Iraq.
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As crude oil prices move toward $50 a barrel, many stocks tied to oil are lower in Monday trading. Airline stocks included in the downward trend also were hurt by JP Morgan&#39;s downgrade of JetBlue Airways Monday morning.
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Oil's rise to new record highs above $50  a barrel will put pressure on Wall Street on Tuesday as  investors fret over the impact on corporate profits, while Dell  Inc DELL.O will grab focus after it stuck by its outlook.
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A welcome slide in oil prices set off a relief rally on Wall Street Friday, with stocks posting a healthy advance as crude approached but then fell back from the $50 a barrel mark.
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Oil prices edged below $49 a barrel on  Wednesday as traders factored in expectations for petroleum  stock builds in weekly U.S. inventory data that would ease  supply worries ahead of peak northern winter demand.
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Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed US crude oil futures to the psychological $50 a barrel level in New York. Prices rose 36 cents in electronic trading Monday evening to touch $50, the
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Crude oil futures hovered near $50 a barrel Tuesday ahead of key weekly US petroleum inventory data, which traders expect to show a rise in distillate stocks for a second straight week.
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Oil prices edged further below &#36;49 a barrel on Tuesday as the frigid U.S. Northeast looked ahead to warmer conditions and some traders moved to the sidelines ahead of Iraqi elections and an OPEC meeting.
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Oil prices touched 2-month lows near  $45 a barrel on Monday before taking back most of their losses,  but the downward trend knocked energy company stocks lower and  U.S. stock indexes ended little changed. A rise in Microsoft  shares helped boost the technology sector.