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Urgent: U.S. oil prices drop amid ample supplies

Xinhua, July 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

U.S. oil prices fell Wednesday after government data showed that U.S. inventories added last week.

The West Texas Intermediate for August delivery moved down 68 cents to settle at 51.65 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for August delivery increased 20 cents to close at 57.05 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Future Exchange. Endite