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Oil rises; natural gas slumps
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The price of oil got a slight boost from positive US economic data Thursday, while natural gas hit a nearly two-month low.
Benchmark US crude for April delivery rose 21 cents to US$98.20 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Wednesday, the Nymex contract fell US$2.04 to close at US$97.99, its first close below US$100 in a month.
Brent crude, used to set prices for international varieties of crude, dropped 63 cents to US$107.39 on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In the US, retail sales bounced back in February after suffering a steep decline during a bitterly cold January. Shoppers spent more on autos, clothing and furniture. And the number of people seeking US unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level in three months.
That countered the effect of data showing a decline in Chinese exports in February. Growth in factory output, investment and retail sales, reported Thursday, was unusually weak. That fueled worries that the world's second-largest economy is weakening further.
Natural gas fell 11 cents to US$4.38 per 1,000 cubic feet, the lowest price since Jan. 21. The nation's supply of natural gas fell by 195 billion cubic feet last week, the Energy Department said. That met the consensus expectations of analysts surveyed by Platts. The drop in the futures price may indicate some traders had been looking for a bigger decline.
In other energy futures trading on Nymex:
— Wholesale gasoline shed 2 cents to US$2.93 a gallon.
— Heating oil declined 1 cent to US$2.92 a gallon.
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