Oil Rises to 5-Week High, Topping $95 a Barrel

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Oil rose almost $1 early Tuesday to a five-week high of more thanÌý$95 a barrel, Bloomberg News reported.

Crude futures rose 77 cents to $95.58 in early New York Mercantile Exchange trading, as the Commerce Department reported that Bloomberg said.

Oil has not finished a Nymex trading day at more thanÌý$95 a barrel since Feb. 19.

for a fourth straight week, the Department of Energy reported Monday, with diesel declining 4.1 cents to just over $4 a gallon.



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