Oil climbs to record above $127 a barrel

ibtimes.com     May 16, 2008            

Oil prices have risen above $127 a barrel for the first time. Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose as much as $3.31 to $127.43 a barrel in electronic trading Friday on the New York Mercantile Exchange by afternoon in Europe. That tops the previous high of $126.98 a barrel set Tuesday. [read full story]                    


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