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Oil Rises From Near Six-Week Low Before Jobs Report; Brent Premium Widens

Bloomberg -- Oil headed for a weekly decline before a report that may show U.S. employers hired fewer workers last month than in December. Brent crude’s premium to the New York price is set for the largest weekly gain in a month.

Futures traded near a six-week low after dropping a fifth day yesterday, the longest losing streak since August. The U.S. added 140,000 jobs in January after gaining 200,000 in December, according to a Bloomberg News survey of economists before a Labor Department report today. London-traded Brent’s premium to West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark, widened 30 percent this week to the most since Nov. 12.

“Payroll numbers will dominate macro-driven trading today,” said Andrey Kryuchenkov, an analyst at VTB Capital in London, who predicts prices may decline fur


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WalRus49
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Still more organized mayhem and pillage...........
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Put America to work! Then raise gas prices even more.
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Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 11:10:12 AM

What do they do, wait for the right time and just recycle old stories? Or does it all just sound the same. SSDD.
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This has gotten old.
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scu227
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Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 9:09:24 AM

I don't understand why the price increases based on something that has not happened yet and if it does not we don't get a refund.

The lower demand will more than offset any loss of supply from Iran.
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Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 8:51:15 AM

So gas will go up even faster?
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Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 8:36:19 AM

didn't it just go down due to very high supplies?

regulate the speculators and get them out of the oil market.
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Message Posted: Feb 3, 2012 8:29:00 AM

IT'S STILL WAY TOO HIGH!!!!!
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