Oil Futures Close Above $100
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Oil futures shot higher, closing above $100 for the first time as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite evidence of plentiful supplies and falling demand.
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Oil surged nearly 5 percent on Tuesday to hit a record over $100 a barrel on expectations OPEC will not hike output to ease high prices next month despite the economic woes of top consumer the United States.
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Oil prices rose to near $63 a barrel on Friday, after BP Plc shut in output at an oil field in Alaska and OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela pledged to cut production.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday, after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before, fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling dollar and geopolitical risks.
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Business & money: Violent storms in the North Sea helped push global oil prices to new highs of just under $100 per barrel.
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Oil prices vaulted to a record $100 a  barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy  stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative  buying, dealers said.
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Crude oil futures in New York rose to a record-high settlement overnight for the fifth straight session, closing just below $US54 a barrel, reflecting real and perceived threats to global oil supply.
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Business & money: Opec under fire as US crude nears $100 a barrel.
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Oil companies' shares got a modest boost as crude oil prices touched a record $100 per barrel on Wednesday, but some analysts do not expect that to trigger a rally in energy's biggest names.
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U.S. crude price could top $90 a barrel this autumn and hit $95 by the end of the year if OPEC keeps oil production capped at current levels, Goldman Sachs said in a report issued on Monday.
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Oil prices shot to an all-time high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the tumbling dollar and Nigerian output disruptions helped extend a rally that has lifted prices nearly 30 percent since August.
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-- Crude oil prices spiked above $92 a barrel Friday on tensions in the Middle East and renewed concerns about supply.
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SINGAPORE -- Oil prices jumped to a trading record above $98 a barrel Wednesday amid expectations of declining U.S. supplies and following news of an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline.
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Top oil-producing countries have blamed the advance of crude prices toward $100 a barrel on financial speculation, geopolitical instability and a shortfall in refining capacity.
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Oil futures shot to a new record above $100 for the first time since Jan. 3 as investors bet that crude prices will keep climbing despite evidence of plentiful supplies and falling demand.
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Stock index futures edged up on Friday before a government report that is expected to show 70,000 jobs were created last month, while oil prices hovering near $99 a barrel kept investors on edge.
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Wall Street gave up a big early advance after oil prices closed above $100 for the first time and stoked fears that inflation will stymie an already troubled economy.