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Nymex oil tops $97, but Brent retreats

MarketWatch -- Oil futures rose Monday, settling above $97 a barrel for the first time in over a week as the dollar pulled back from earlier highs, while Brent crude retreated from highs seen late last week.

Crude oil for March delivery rose $1.31, or 1.4%, to settle at $97.03 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since Feb. 1.

Prices had touched an intraday low below $95 early Monday.

Oil prices turned higher after Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann, a European Central Bank governing council member, said the euro isn’t seriously overvalued and warned governments against trying to weaken the currency.

The comments helped fuel a rally in the euro against the dollar.

Oil has to change hands in dollars and is therefore “sensitive to the dollar volatility," ...

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JagXKR
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More stories about ups and downs of oil prices. You can tell it's a slow news day.
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The bottom line is...???

We are paying too much at the pump.
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See previous meaningless article...
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Still going up
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Alaska North Slope Crude is almost $20 more per barrel. It closed yesterday at $115.78 and the North Slope produced 582,072 barrels. Not a bad day!
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whatever
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Oil is way over priced. There will be a large market correction one of these days when the bubble finally bursts.
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I really don't care anymore.
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...and gas goes over $4 a gallon. @#$%^&*.
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Ok
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Very unstable. Thanks, speculators....
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someone is having fun with the oil prices today
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prices are not retreating here. $3.79
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UP..DOWN..UP..DOWN!
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Good, Brent is dropping... now the next index should FALL!
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I'm surprise the oil that Low with the weak dollar! Thanks to the fed's an obama!
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ok
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Here comes recession II which we never really recover from the first one.
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keeps going up
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Oil at these prices do not support $3.65/gal retail gasoline prices. Maybe $3.30/gal, but not more.
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Everything Keeps Going Up...
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see previous story, didn't stay "down" for long
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Gasoline prices are up.
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And the price keeps going up
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prices keep increasing
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Whatever! Prices are going up earlier and earlier each year.
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Gas at the pump is now $3.50. That's pretty high for crude that's still under $100 a barrel!!
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Sounds like some "fuzzy" math to me.
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Don't that just tare the fuzz off the bush.
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whatever it dont ever reflect price,it just keep going up!!
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oh joy
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ITS THE DOLLAR.
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It's heading to nosebleed heights already and they just don't seem to care. The fix is in!
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prices way too high
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Get ready ! It is gonna get much worse ...
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WAY too high!!!
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that "evil oil man" seems to had lower gas prices then this liberal wanna be king.....
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MANIPULATION!!!!
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WE should be drilling, pumping and refining like crazy now and not pay attention to OPEC
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Oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, oil is up, oil is down, ad nauseum, and it long ago ceased to be newsworthy.
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Whatever!
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Don't weaken the euro but it's ok to weaken the dollar.
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seems like i read something like this just a little while ago, deja vu?
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the prices should change when the fill the stations tanks not when they change their mind
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gas $2 yet?
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Oil futures rose because of pure speculation. Speculators are driving the price of oil and the cost of gasoline, certainly not supply and demand.
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Funny how the neighborhood stations react to these prices for March delivery.
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mhdty
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