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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery ...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $1.24 to $81.57 per barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for August delivery rose $1.08 to $85.33 per barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for July delivery rose 3 cents to $2.48 a gallon. July heating oil rose 4 cents to $2.52 a gallon. July natural gas rose 12 cents to $2.91 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Nasdaq, S&P 500 bag new records
  U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq...
  U.S. stocks finished higher on Tuesday, as the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite set fresh records ahead of Wednesday's Juneteenth observance.
  
  Nvidia Corp. stock surged 3.5%, making the AI chipmaker the world's most valuable company by market capitalization, eclipsing megacap tech companies Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc.
  
  The S&P 500 was up 0.3%, to finish around 5,487. According to preliminary data from FactSet, it was the 31st record close for the large-cap benchmark index so far in 2024.
  
  The Nasdaq Composite ended flat at around 17,862, notching its 20th all-time closing high for the year. The index also rose for seven consecutive trading days, booking its longest win streak since December.
  
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%, ending near 38,834.
  
  U.S. stocks spent most of the Tuesday session wavering between gains and losses after May retail sales data showed consumers have been more cautious about spending amid elevated inflation and high interest rates.
  
  The New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq are closed on Wednesday, June 19, to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States, as are U.S. bond markets.
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• U.S. industrial-production pickup in May is sharpest in 10 months
  The numbers: U.S. Industrial production rose 0.9% in...
  The numbers: U.S. Industrial production rose 0.9% in May, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday. That is the biggest gain since last July.
  
  The gain was above expectations of a 0.4% gain, according to a survey of economists by the Wall Street Journal.
  
  Capacity utilization rose to 78.7% from 78.2% in the prior month. The capacity-utilization rate reflects the limits to operating the nation’s factories, mines, and utilities. 
  

  
  
  Economists had forecast a 78.6% rate.
  
  
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• Pa. bill seeks to end road spread of drilling wastewater
  The Pennsylvania House...
  The Pennsylvania House is set to take up legislation to ban the use of drilling wastewater on roads, a practice that has continued in rural areas despite being halted in 2017. Penn State research has found this wastewater ineffective for dust control and harmful due to high salt and radioactive mineral content. Still, industry groups representing conventional drillers argue that the studies do not reflect real-world conditions.
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• Texas hits record oil and gas output
  According to the Texas Oil and Gas Association, Texas's oil and gas...
  According to the Texas Oil and Gas Association, Texas's oil and gas industry has reached unprecedented production levels amid a record-breaking heat wave. In May, the state produced 5.7 million barrels of crude oil per day and 32 billion cubic feet of gas. This production surge has brought significant economic gains, with $56.8 billion in exports from January to March.
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