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Oil strikes record near $94

Oil jumped to a record high near $94 a barrel on Monday as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.

Oil leaps to record over $93

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Oil leapt to a record high for a third day on Monday, surpassing $93 as investors bet on another U.S. interest rate cut this week, the dollar struck new lows and Mexico briefly halted one-fifth of its oil production.

Brent crude at record

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Brent crude hit an all-time high and U.S. oil surged more than $1 towards $89 on Thursday, after a slide in U.S. oil stocks renewed fears of an energy crunch during the northern hemisphere's winter heating season.
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Oil eases ahead of U.S. inventory data

Oil retreated for the fourth consecutive session on Wednesday in anticipation of a rise in U.S. crude stocks and on the possibility of increased supplies from OPEC.
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Oil extends fall to $88

Oil prices fell on Monday, extending the previous session's decline on profit taking from record highs, but clung to $88 on violence between Turkish soldiers and Kurdish guerrillas and a record-low dollar.
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Oil breaks through $90

Oil surged beyond $90 to a new peak on Friday as tight fuel stocks ahead of winter and a softening dollar spurred investor buying. Oil's rally -- which has seen six straight days of record highs for U.S. crude -- has been fuelled by unprecedented weakness in the dollar, a factor that has supported all dollar-denominated commodities.
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Oil eyes record high $89

Oil resumed its upward march on Thursday, its sights set on a new record high above $89 that would deepen economic worries in the United States and unease among some OPEC producers.
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Big Asia governments to stick to cheap fuel, for now

Asian governments from Indonesia to China to India are in no rush to eliminate domestic fuel subsidies by raising cheap local pump prices, officials said this week, even as crude oil rockets toward $100 a barrel.
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Oil eases above $87, OPEC in focus

Oil eased towards $87 on Thursday after Nigeria's energy minister raised the possibility OPEC may review output, reflecting its unease with record prices the United States says are of great concern to its economy.
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Oil strikes new record $89

Oil prices touched a new peak of $89 a barrel on Wednesday as investors fretted over possible military action by Turkey in northern Iraq and a potential supply crunch this winter.
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Crude soars to new record over $86 a barrel

Oil jumped nearly 3 percent to a record over $86 a barrel on Monday as fresh tensions in the Middle East added to worries of a supply crunch when cold weather stokes up heating demand this winter. Oil prices have more than quadrupled since 2002 but remain below the inflation adjusted peak of around $90 a barrel struck after the Iranian revolution of 1979.
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Oil soars to new record above $85

Oil zoomed to a new record high above $85 a barrel on Monday as a robust demand picture amid booming commodity markets and fresh geopolitical worries put tight oil supplies into sharp focus.
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Oil dips below $79

Oil extended its losses to ease below $79 a barrel on Tuesday, after a nearly 3 percent slump in the previous session amid a wider slide in commodities tied to a rebound in the U.S. dollar.
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Oil plummets on rising dollar

Oil fell more than $1 on Monday to below $80 a barrel, tracking a firming U.S. dollar which rebounded from recent record lows.
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Oil Steadies Near $80

Oil prices steadied near $80 on Thursday after a surprise build in U.S. crude inventories overshadowed an unexpected decline in fuel stocks.
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Oil above $80, investors eye U.S. crude stocks

Oil climbed further above $80 a barrel on Wednesday after three days of losses as investors expected weekly U.S. data to show crude stocks declining and raising the prospects for a winter supply crunch.
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Oil prices drop for 3rd day; below $80

Oil fell below $80 a barrel on Tuesday, retreating for a third day as a strengthening dollar and concerns about the world economy prompted investors to take profits.
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Oil Prices Plummet

Oil prices fell sharply toward $80 a barrel on Monday as investors took profits from the near-record highs of last week and weighed the threat of a deeper economic slowdown in the United States.
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Oil slips toward $80 as investors cash in

Oil prices fell sharply toward $80 a barrel on Monday as investors took profits from the near-record highs of last week and weighed the threat of a deeper economic slowdown in the United States.
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Oil jumps 3 pct on supply worries

Oil rose sharply to $83 a barrel on Thursday as a weak dollar and supply worries ahead of the winter heating season encouraged buying by financial investors.
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Crude Oil Retreats Towards $81

Crude oil fell for a second day towards $81 a barrel, retreating from record highs hit last week as producers in the Gulf of Mexico returned workers to oil rigs evacuated last week.

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