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June WTI crude oil (CLM24) Friday closed down -1.00 (-1.26%), and June RBOB gasoline (RBM24) closed down -4.21 (-1.66%). June WTI crude oil prices Friday edged to a new 1-1/2 week high but then fell back. Crude oil prices are consolidating just mildly above Wednesday’s 1-month low. Crude oil prices saw downward pressure Friday from the mildly higher dollar and the large -9.8 point drop in the University of Michigan’s preliminary-May US consumer sentiment index to a 6-month low of 67.4, which was negative for US consumer spending and travel intentions. Crude oil prices have underlying support f…

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