U.S. oil prices post a gain for a third session in a row
Oil prices settled higher Monday, with U.S. benchmark crude up for a third session in a row. The recent shutdown of an oil field in Libya helped provide support as traders awaited this week's update on U.S. crude supplies following the unexpected decline reported a week earlier. April WTI crude rose 36 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $63.91 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
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