MARKET WATCH: Hot weather lifts gas prices; oil market remains flat

Crude oil prices slipped slightly Aug. 21, ending a brief rally in New York, but the oil market remained essentially flat while the front-month natural gas futures contract recovered some of its recent loss, up 2.1% on forecasts of hotter weather in the next 2 weeks for much of the US.

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