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Louisiana Light • 3 days | 87.12 | +0.03 | +0.03% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% | ||
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Mars US • 173 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 11 mins | 2.742 | +0.007 | +0.26% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 89.32 | +0.45 | +0.51% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 89.90 | +0.45 | +0.50% | ||
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Opec Basket • 3 days | 86.51 | -1.01 | -1.15% |
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Peace Sour • 3 hours | 76.01 | -0.55 | -0.72% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 3 hours | 79.06 | -0.55 | -0.69% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 3 hours | 86.01 | -0.55 | -0.64% | ||
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Central Alberta • 3 hours | 76.41 | -0.55 | -0.71% |
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Eagle Ford • 3 days | 79.33 | -0.29 | -0.36% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 6 days | 79.75 | +0.50 | +0.63% | ||
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Kansas Common • 2 days | 73.50 | +0.50 | +0.68% | ||
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Buena Vista • 3 days | 87.02 | -0.29 | -0.33% |
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Expansive study on global copper released this past week — from a top authority in the world’s largest producing nation, Chile. That came from the government-run Chilean Copper…
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Is Kazakhstan About To Nationalize More Uranium Assets?
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