15-08-2016 15:01 via news.yahoo.com

Wall Street set to open slightly higher as oil rises

U.S. stocks were set to open slightly higher on Monday as oil prices rose and investors assessed the recent record-setting rally in the past weeks. Oil prices fluctuated in choppy trading, but remained around the $47 mark as speculation intensified that oil producers may try to work out ways to support prices in an oversupplied market. Wall Street closed little changed on Friday as weak retail-sales numbers dampened the prospects of economic expansion, even as the Nasdaq inched up to a fresh rec
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