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Urgent: Oil prices rise on supply speculation

Xinhua, April 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Crude prices rose Tuesday amid speculation that the low price will curb the surplus supply.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery gained 1.84 U.S. dollars to settle at 53.98 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Endite