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Urgent: Oil prices surge as U.S. output declines

Xinhua, April 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Crude prices jumped Wednesday as a government report showed that U.S. crude output dropped last week.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery gained 2.49 U.S. dollars to settle at 50.09 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Endite