From the Associated Press, 5/16/08:
http://www.newsday.com/business/nationworld/ats-ap_business11may16,0,7729128.story
The price for a barrel of benchmark light, sweet crude for June
delivery jumped $2.17 to settle at record close of $126.29 on the New
York Mercantile Exchange.
Earlier in the session, prices surged to $127.82 a barrel, also a new
high.
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Harry