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Urgent: Oil prices retreat on profit-taking

Xinhua, April 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Crude prices fell Friday, as investors locked in profits following a six-day rally.

Light, sweet crude for May delivery lost 97 cents to settle at 55.74 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Endite