Crude oil dropped by more than a dollar a barrel on Wednesday after an unexpected increase in US gasoline stocks, but rose later as Israeli forces stepped up attacks on Hezbollah.
Israeli air force jets dropped about 23 metric tonnes of explosives on the Iranian-backed militia´s headquarters in southBeirut late yesterday. The attacks increase the risk of the conflict disrupting supplies from the Middle East, Bloomberg reports.Oil for August delivery rose 54 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to USD 73.20 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading on the New York Mercantile E
Donnerstag, 20.07.2006, 08:01 Uhr
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