MARKET WATCH: Oil prices boosted by faith EU will solve its financial crisis

Front-month crude closed up 1.5% on an optimistic outlook for Europe in the New York market Oct. 21, having pulled back in the final hours of the session from an earlier surge. Natural gas traded flat.

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