MARKET WATCH: NYMEX, Brent oil prices rise $2/bbl

Crude oil prices moved sharply higher on Aug. 22 on New York and London markets, jumping by more than $2/bbl after a weekly government reported showed a drop in US crude oil supplies. US crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, decreased by 5.8 million bbl to 408.4 million bbl for the week ended Aug. 17, said the US Energy Information Administration.


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