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West Texas Intermediate crude prices rallied by more than 3% on Wednesday to as high as $58.81 per barrel. It's yet another year-to-date high for the commodity.
The rally comes after data from the Energy Information Administration showed that the growth of commercial crude inventories slowed last week.
Inventories rose by 1.9 million barrels, compared with a build of 5.3 million in the previous week.
Crude oil prices have held above $50 per barrel through April and appear to no longer be listening to data indicating there is still tons of supply in the market.
Here's the spike:
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