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Oil prices hold firm as Obama seeks increased regulation

Oil prices rose this morning (18 June) reaching $71 a barrel for NYMEX crude future, after US president Barack Obama revealed plans aimed at preventing speculators from pushing up the price of oil and other commodities to unrealistic levels.

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