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Urgent: Oil prices gain amid upbeat job data

Xinhua, March 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Oil prices rose Friday as U.S. job report came out better-than-expected.

The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery moved up 1.35 U.S. dollars to settle at 35.92 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for May delivery increased 1.65 dollars to close at 38.72 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Endit