MARKET WATCH: Oil prices drop; gas prices rise on profit taking

The price of front-month crude dropped 0.8% Feb. 28 in the New York market after Saudi Arabia again pledged to cover any supply disruption from strife-torn Libya, easing traders’ worries, while natural gas rose 0.9% on profit taking.

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