MARKET WATCH: Economy indicators push up energy prices

Energy prices jumped May 6 in the New York market, driven by a better-than-expected report on US unemployment, a smaller-than-expected oil inventory increase, and technical buying as the front-month crude contract hit a record-high for the year above $56/bbl.

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