MARKET WATCH: Oil prices inched higher prior to decline of budget proposal

Oil prices continued upward Dec. 20 in the New York market amid encouraging economic indicators but dropped in early trading Dec. 21 after US House Speaker John Boehner overnight withdrew his “Plan B” budget proposal when he could not secure enough support in the Republican-dominated House of Representatives.

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