Catherine Clifford and Ben Rooney
CNNMoney
June 7, 2008
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Oil prices shot up nearly $11 a barrel and settled Friday at a record $138.54 on geopolitical jitters, a dollar decline and a forecast that oil would hit $150 by July 4.
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Friday’s spike in the July contract for light crude on the New York Mercantile Exchange marks the largest single-day increase in oil prices on record. The contract hit an intraday record of $139.12, breaking the previous trading record of $135.09.
“The bulls are running rampant and the bears have panicked,” said oil industry analyst Stephen Schork, editor of the Schork Report. “It’s pure hysteria, absolute panic,” he added.
The rally highlighted concerns that retail gas prices, which have surged near a nationwide average of $4 a gallon, will continue to crimp consumer spending and fuel inflation.
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