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Oil dips below $96 a day after sharp drop

The Associated Press -- PABLO GORONDI
Published: September 18th, 2012 04:31 AM
Last Modified: September 18th, 2012 04:45 AM

The price of oil slipped below $96 a barrel on Tuesday, adding to losses from the previous day, when prices took a sudden and unexplained plunge.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for October delivery was down 82 cents at $95.80 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $2.38, or 2.4 percent, to finish at $96.62 a barrel on the Nymex on Monday.

In London, Brent was down 40 cents at $113.39 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange.

On Monday afternoon in the U.S., oil suddenly plunged more than $4 per barrel in both New York and London, erasing the gains made last week when the Federal Reserve unveiled new steps to boost the U.S.

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Submitted Sep 18, 2012 By: Nitewolf

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CPGas1815 Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,027 Points:1,099,605 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: Sep 19, 2012 5:13:56 PM Ignore CPGas1815 Report Abuse What I would like to see is a decrease of the outrageous and completely unjustified price at the pump.
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