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Oil prices fall after recent rally

Xinhua,December 28, 2017 Adjust font size:

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Oil prices fell on Wednesday after hitting two-and-a-half year highs in the previous session.

The West Texas Intermediate for February delivery decreased 0.33 U.S. dollar to settle at 59.64 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for February delivery lost 0.58 dollar to close at 66.44 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange. Enditem