Thursday, July 12, 2007

Oil steady near 11-month high above $76 as funds buy

(Reuters) - Oil held near an 11-month high above $76 a barrel on Friday, with news of recovering refinery operations in the United States threatening to cap a two-week influx of investment fund capital into the complex.

London Brent crude shed 15 cents to $76.25 a barrel by 0400 GMT, holding on to a near $1 gain the past session and still within sight of last August's all-time high of $78.65 after gaining more than $6 since near the end of the second quarter.


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