Oil Holds Firm as Dealers Digest Iraq
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World oil prices held firm on Friday after pipeline sabotage in northern Iraq kept up supply fears that have revived a powerful price rally.
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Oil prices eased on Friday as OPEC looked set to keep output unchanged at its meeting this weekend, although concern ahead of Sunday's election in Iraq limited the fall.
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Oil prices held steady Thursday, with worries over the security of Nigerian supplies lending support despite an unexpected expansion in US crude inventories.
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Oil steadied near $63 a barrel on   Thursday, holding onto the previous day's gains supported by   investment fund buying and speculation that OPEC could trim   output to bolster prices.
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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 held firm on Friday after leaping almost &#36;2 a day earlier on news U.S. crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held firm on Monday, clinging to gains made in the last week as the key heating oil consuming region of the U.S. Northeast braced for a cold snap that could test low winter fuel supplies.
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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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SINGAPORE -- The restoring of oil exports from Iraq helped keep prices steady in Asia Tuesday but concerns over supply stability continues to keep the market near historic highs.
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Oil prices held firm Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held firm on Friday after leaping almost $2 a day earlier on news US crude stocks sank to a five-month low last week and distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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Oil prices held steady early on  Monday with trade muted by the U.S. holiday and dealers braced  for several weeks of inaction on Iran's nuclear issue after the  European Union gave Tehran up to two weeks to clarify its  stance.
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Oil prices steadied on Friday after a  five percent surge on Thursday as OPEC producers signaled their  readiness to support prices by cutting supply.
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Oil prices held firm around &#36;51 a barrel on Wednesday, hovering near record highs amid the sluggish recovery in U.S. Gulf oil production and an anticipated decline in key winter fuel stocks, dealers said.
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Oil prices held steady near $47 a  barrel on Wednesday, a day after setting another record when  the U.S. government said inflation has stayed in check despite  rising energy costs. Weekly data expected to show a drop in  U.S. crude inventories also helped support prices.
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World oil prices firmed on Friday after a five-session drop amid renewed concerns over unrest in Iraq despite a ceasefire in its holy city of Najaf.
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Oil prices held steady on Thursday unfazed by a fall in crude supplies in the United States, where stocks are more than 20 million barrels above levels a year ago.