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Oil Tops $130

Posted May 21, 08 8:30 AM CDT in Business 

(Newser) – Oil set yet another record today, with prices hitting $130.47 a barrel in electronic trading in Asia and Europe, the AP reports, on supply concerns and renewed worries about the dollar. Crude closed at $128.98 in the last New York Mercantile Exchange session. Oil futures have roughly doubled over the past year.

One commodity strategist said the dollar had receded as an issue over the last few days, but it's back. “It looked like it was starting to recover, but I think there's a less certain outlook at the minute and... enough reason to be buying commodities as a currency hedge again.”

Source Associated Press

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An electronic sign shows the trading range and other statistics for crude oil options at the New York Mercantile Exchange, May 20, 2008.   (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
In this Friday, March 21, 2008 file photo, a Saudi Arabian man fills his vehicle's tank at a gas station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.   (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)
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