Oil prices rose Friday to notch a second straight weekly climb, as expectations for growing global crude demand helped to outweigh pressure from concerns over strong U.S. production. Data from Baker Hughes , however, showed a weekly rise in the number of active U.S. oil drilling rigs, erasing the decline seen a week earlier. April West Texas Intermediate crude added $1.15, or 1.9%, to settle at $62.34 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It settled at its highest since March 6 and climbed about 0.5% for the week.
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