MARKET WATCH: Oil prices climb despite talk of SPR release

Oil prices continued climbing Aug. 16 with front-month crude up 1.3% in the New York market despite news reports that an unnamed member of President Barack Obama’s administration indicated the possible release of Strategic Petroleum Reserves to drive down gasoline prices at the pump.

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