Baker Hughes on Friday reported that the number of active U.S. rigs drilling for oil was up 2 at 749 this week. The number of U.S. oil rigs climbed by 9 last week. The total active U.S. rig count, which includes oil and natural-gas rigs, added 6 to 929, according to Baker Hughes. January West Texas Intermediate crude was up 75 cents, or 1.3%, from Thursday, to $58.15 a barrel. Prices traded at $58.34 shortly before the rig data.
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