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Urgent: Oil prices steady amid supply glut worries

Xinhua, July 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Oil prices ended little changed Friday as worries that global supply would surpass demand persisted.

The West Texas Intermediate for August delivery moved down 2 cents to settle at 50.89 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for September delivery increased 18 cents to close at 57.1 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Future Exchange. Endite