Oil Prices Change Direction
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After a month-long rally that repeatedly pushed oil prices to new highs, the cost of a barrel slumped for the fourth day in a row, dropping by nearly $2 to below $44.
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World oil prices slipped on Thursday as  dealers began to take profits from the week's Hurricane  Ivan-inspired gains, betting that the worst of the storm's  disruption had been factored into prices.
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OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said oil prices are now being driven by fundamental factors rather than speculators. Hedge funds and other large speculators last week cut their bets
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markets. Exports had been sharply reduced due to sabotage and threats from militants. Oil prices rose to nearly $50. (27.5 pounds) a barrel last week but have since eased.
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The two-day decline in oil prices, with crude futures briefly dipping below $53 a barrel yesterday, is a temporary trend that is likely to reverse itself before too long, analysts and traders said.
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By Malcolm Moore, Economics Correspondent (Filed: 21/08/2004). The price of oil came close to $50 a barrel in New York yesterday, as fighting between US forces and Moqtada al-Sadr&#39;s militia in Iraq continued to inflame the market.
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The recent fall in crude prices won&#39;t affect policy, say group officials. But the second quarter may be a different story. The early December plunge in oil prices has been dizzying.
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Oil prices bounced nearly $2 to $44 a barrel yesterday after government and industry data showed a sharp drop last week in the nation's supply -- a surprise to most traders, who expected inventories to be steady or grow slightly.
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Watch out at the gas station this weekend. Oil and gasoline prices bounced back up this week. Crude oil prices neared $49 a barrel Friday, capping a rise of 7 percent for the week, as
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With the US presidential elections approaching, world oil prices appear to be going down. New York&#39;s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, fell 26 cents to 49.
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As the price of crude oil flirts with $50 a barrel, gasoline prices are heading up again, ending an unusual period in which gasoline prices were falling even as oil prices rose.
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NEW YORK -- Oil prices pulled back after briefly surpassing $62 a barrel yesterday, as traders regarded forecasts of warm US weather as an opportunity to take some profits.
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Where does the volatility in oil prices come from and is it likely to persist?
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Oil prices made fresh gains on Friday  after leaping almost $2 a day earlier the U.S. government said  crude stocks sank for the sixth straight week last week and  distillate fuels barely grew ahead of winter.
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The sharp rise in oil prices which recently creeps towards $60 per barrel has put many energy industries and those reliant on energy on the edge for fear of the adverse affects of escalating prices.
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The price of heating oil isn't falling as fast as the price of gasoline, but it's starting to drop.
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Rising demand, a falling dollar and rosy economic predictions have stoked the price of commodities in the last few years. But times are changing.