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Urgent: Oil prices jump amid uplifting data

Xinhua, August 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

Oil prices rebounded strongly Thursday as U.S. economic data topped investors' expectations.

The West Texas Intermediate for October delivery moved up 3.96 U.S. dollars to settle at 42.56 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for September delivery increased 4.42 dollars to close at 47.56 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Future Exchange. Enditem