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Urgent: Oil prices rise as equity markets grow

Xinhua, March 2, 2016 Adjust font size:

Oil prices extended gains Tuesday as global stock markets went up.

The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery moved up 65 cents to settle at 34.4 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for May delivery increased 24 cents to close at 36.81 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Enditem