Oil maintains gain after small rise in U.S. rig count

Oil futures maintained small gains after oilfield services firm Baker Hughes said the number of U.S. oil rigs rose by one this week to a total of 800. West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose 25 cents, or 0.4%, to $61.24 a barrel.

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