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Urgent: Oil prices rise amid tight supply forecast

Xinhua, April 15, 2015 Adjust font size:

Crude prices continued its advance on Monday amid the speculation that U.S. oil output will decline.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery gained 1.38 U.S. dollars to settle at 53.29 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Endite