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Oil Jumps As Yuan Hits 2016 High; Investors Put Fresh Cash Into Oil

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Singapore: Oil prices jumped on Friday supported by fresh investment and a weaker dollar, which makes fuel cheaper for importers using other currencies, but analysts warned that a stronger price rally was premature as a global glut remained in place. U.S. crude futures were trading at $38.64 a barrel at 0749 GMT, up 80 cents and over 2 percent from their last close. Traders said reports that commodity merchant Gunvor was the latest company to export U.S. sweet crude also supported WTI prices. Brent crude futures were at $40.70 a…

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Oil Prices May Have Bottomed, Says IEA

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London: Oil prices might have bottomed as production declines in the United States and other non-OPEC producers accelerate and an increase in Iranian supply has been less than dramatic, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. After a spectacular 2015, growth in global demand was slowing – with India and the Middle East being rare pockets of improvement, the IEA said in a monthly report. Growth could slow even further if oil prices kept rising, said the Paris-based IEA, which coordinates energy policies of industrialised nations. Oil prices hit their…

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