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090101) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 1, 2009 -- Traders work at the New York Mercantile Exchange in New York, the United States, Dec. 31, 2008. Crude prices jumped on Wednesday, the last trading day of 2008, on concerns that a slowdown in U.S. domestic refinery activity could lead to tight fuel supplies. Light, sweet crude for February delivery rose 5.57 U.S. dollars to settle at 44.60 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, February Brent crude rose 5.44 dollars to 45. 59 dollars a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange. Oil prices surged to a record high above 147 dollars in July and then plunged over 100 dollars a barrel amid the global economic slowdown. (Hou Jun) (hdt
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