Crude oil futures rise ahead of long layoff
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Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.
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NEW YORK -- Crude oil futures rallied late yesterday to a new high of $54.93 US, a day after a decline in the US inventory of heating oil roiled a market already on edge over tight supplies, high demand and unrest among key producers.
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Oil prices rose on Wednesday ahead of a  weekly government report on U.S. stockpiles as tensions  simmered in the Middle East following the killing of former  Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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Crude oil prices surged to a new high Monday on supply concerns ahead of the coming winter, a possible petroleum-industry strike in Norway and data showing that China&#39;s big demand for oil is likely to increase.
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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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Crude oil futures rose Friday as markets remained wary about a possible strike by oil workers in Nigeria and potentially low heating oil supplies at the beginning of the Northern Hemisphere winter.
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Crude oil futures rose more than $1 a barrel yesterday after the government reported that the nation's supply of distillate fuel, which includes heating oil, shrank for the eighth consecutive week.
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Crude-oil futures continued higher Monday, rising more than 1 percent amid ongoing nervousness in the energy pits. Free! Sign up here to receive our Internet Daily e-Newsletter!
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Crude oil futures rose in New York to trade near a one-month high on concern that Russian exports will be disrupted after utilities cut some power supplies to OAO Yukos Oil Co.
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Crude futures prices surged above $48 per barrel Wednesday as oil production and shipping disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan caused domestic supplies to shrink more than expected.
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Crude oil futures prices rose Wednesday because of lingering concerns about heating oil supplies and fears that OPEC could rein in output when it meets later this week.
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NEW YORK -- Crude futures surged above $52 a barrel Wednesday, reaching a new high in New York. Traders were reacting to a strike threat by Nigerian oil workers and to word that petroleum output in the Gulf
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Oil futures prices climbed above $46 a barrel yesterday after the US government reported that commercial inventories of crude and heating oil fell last week and as traders considered the effect of global supply snags and forecasts calling for colder weather.
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Oil and gasoline futures prices rose in lethargic preholiday trading yesterday on renewed concerns about gasoline supplies and positioning in advance of tomorrow's government inventory report.
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Stock futures rose  on Wednesday,  pointing to a higher market open, before a slew of U.S.  economic data, as oil prices dipped lower ahead of weekly  inventory figures.
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Stock index futures pointed to a higher start to the year on Wednesday, bouncing back from the previous session's weak close and as oil prices above $97 a barrel could boost the energy sector.
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Crude oil futures rose, ending a 9 percent slide over the past five days, on concern that a cease-fire in Najaf, Iraq won&#39;t eliminate all possible supply disruptions over a three-day weekend when London markets will be closed.