Oil Barely Changed as Market Watches Iraq Turmoil

The price of oil finished down 1 cent as fears of widening instability in Iraq, a key energy producer, were tempered by views that its oil exports would not be affected for now.
The benchmark U.S. crude contract for July delivery closed at $106.90 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Earlier Monday, it reached $107.54. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, gained 48 cents to $112.94 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London. The northern town of Tal Afar became the latest to fall to the militants, who have already captured a vast swath of territory including Iraq’s second-largest city, Mosul. The militants vow to march on Baghdad. The capture of Mosul, a crucial gateway for Iraq’s crude, raised worries about whether the country can rebuild its energy infrastructure and boost production to meet global demand, but most of Iraq’s oil exports appeared to be beyond the militants’ reach
Source:AP

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