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Oil prices advanced on Thursday.
The West Texas Intermediate for May delivery added 4.16 dollars, or 4.61 percent, to settle at 94.48 U.S. dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude for May delivery went up 5.79 dollars, or 5.66 percent, to settle at 108.01 dollars a barrel on the London ICE Futures Exchange.
Crude futures settle higher
Crude futures settle higher
The U.S. dollar strengthened in late trading on Thursday.
The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, went up 0.28 percent to 99.893 at 15:00 (1900 GMT).
In late New York trading, the euro fell to 1.1532 dollars from 1.1578 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound was down to 1.3327 dollars from 1.3382 dollars in the previous session.
The U.S. dollar bought 159.73 Japanese yen, higher than 159.28 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar was up to 0.7949 Swiss francs from 0.7910 Swiss francs, and it added to 1.3847 Canadian dollars from 1.3808 Canadian dollars.
The U.S. dollar rose to 9.4392 Swedish Kronor from 9.3320 Swedish Kronor.
U.S. dollar ticks up
