Oil futures settled higher Thursday, jumping after an unexpected fall in U.S. crude inventories. West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose $1.09, or 1.8%, to settle at $62.77 a barrel. Oil turned higher after the Energy Information Administration said crude stocks fell by more than 1.6 million barrels last week, compared with expectations for a rise in inventories.
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