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Oil jumps 4pc after China suspends fuel exports

NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped on Thursday and settled up more than $4 a barrel, after a report said the US was sending more troops and carriers to the Middle East and China suspended oil products exports, stoking fears that global fuel shortages could worsen.

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