Crude oil futures up 0.4% on global cues

Traders enlarge positions, as commodity firms up in Asia over Ukraine concerns

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : May 09 2014 | 1:33 PM IST
Crude oil futures prices rose by 0.40 per cent to Rs 6,032 per barrel today as speculators enlarged positions, tracking a firm trend in Asia.

At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery in May gained Rs 24, or 0.40 per cent, to Rs 6,032 per barrel, in a business turnover of 2,853 lots.

The oil for June delivery moved up by Rs 21, or 0.35 per cent, to Rs 6,022 per barrel, with a business volume of 227 lots.

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Marketmen said the rise in crude oil futures was mostly in tune with a firming trend in Asian trade on escalating fears of a full-blow armed conflict in Ukraine as pro-Moscow rebels press on with disputed independence referendums.

Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude prices for June delivery was up 20 cents to USD 100.46 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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First Published: May 09 2014 | 12:07 PM IST

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