Crude oil up by 0.2% on firm overseas cues

Speculators enlarged positions, tracking a firming trend in the Asian region

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jul 22 2013 | 1:48 PM IST
Crude oil futures prices today rose marginally by 0.19% to Rs 6,445 per barrel as speculators enlarged positions, tracking a firming trend in the Asian region.
 
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil prices for delivery in August traded Rs 12, or 0.19% higher at Rs 6,445 per barrel, with a business turnover of 5,085 lots.
 
The crude oil prices for September also up by Rs 7, or 0.11%, to Rs 6,382 per barrel, with a business volume of 495 lots.
 

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Market analysts said the rise in crude oil futures supported by a firming trend in Asia following a nearly 27- million barrel decline in US stockpiles in the past three weeks.
 
Meanwhile, West Texas Intermediate crude prices for August delivery gained 44 cents to $108.48 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. 
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First Published: Jul 22 2013 | 1:17 PM IST

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