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The Associated Press
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Published: Mon, June 30, 2008 - 12:59 pm
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 - 1:00 pm
Last Updated: Monday, June 30, 2008 - 1:00 pm
barrel for the first time ever today.
Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $3.46 to $143.67 a
barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange,
by midday in Europe.
On Friday, oil spiked to $142.99 a barrel in New York, though it
closed at $140.21.
Expectations of a weaker dollar have investors turning towards
dollar-denominated oil futures as a hedge against inflation.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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