Oil settles back above $96; natural gas rallies
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Oil futures climbed Tuesday, finding support from a weaker dollar to recoup a portion of Friday's losses and settle back above $96 a barrel. March crude rose 80 cents, or 0.8%, to settle at $96.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange after losing 1.5% on Friday. Nymex was closed on Monday for a holiday. Natural gas was a standout, rallying on the back of "yet another cold snap sweeping from the mid-continent to the east coast," said Beth Sewell, managing partner at Quantum Power & Gas Services. March natural gas climbed by 12 cents, or 3.8%, to close
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