09/05/2000
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Market watch, Sept. 5
North Sea Brent crude and gas oil futures soared in London Monday, following news of a fire at the TotalFinaElf SA refinery at Le Havre in France, the country's biggest plant. Since the refinery is one of the largest gas oil-producing plants in Europe, the news caused a sharp rise in gas oil futures values, which, in turn, pulled Brent up.