Oil prices close with record highs above 72 dollars

Fuel pumps are seen at a British Petroleum petrol station in London April 18, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters)

    NEW YORK, April 19 (Xinhua) -- World crude oil prices closed with record highs above 72 dollars Wednesday amid worries of supply in Iran and Nigeria, as U.S. energy stocks dropped. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in May, added 82 cents to close at 72.17 dollars a barrel, its highest closing price since 1983, after touching an intra-day high of 72.40 dollars. Full Story>>

A trader works on the floor of the New York York Stock Exchange April 18, 2006. U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday as record crude oil prices prompted investors to snap up energy companies' shares, while the minutes from the Federal Reserve 's March meeting hinted that its cycle of raising interest rates may be almost done. (Xinhua/Reuters)

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