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Oil prices rise by 2%

Oil prices rose about 2% on Thursday, turning positive as OPEC and its allies said the producer group would crack down on countries that failed to comply with output cuts and planned to hold an extraordinary meeting in October if oil…

Oil rises more than 4% as U.S. stockpiles fall

Oil prices jumped more than 4% on Wednesday, following a drawdown in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories and as Hurricane Sally forced a swath of U.S. offshore production to shut. Brent crude LCOc1 rose $1.64, or 4.1%, to $42.17 a barrel…