Oil futures climbed on Tuesday, with U.S. prices marking their first finish above $50 a barrel and highest settlement since late July. Ongoing supply disruptions in Nigeria continued to provide support to prices, but traders remained cautious over the risk that higher prices could spur production. July WTI crude settled at $50.36 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up 67 cents, or 1.4%.
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