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Oil prices fail to rise as demand weakens versus past levels

MarketWatch reports that oil prices are not moving higher mainly because global demand for oil has fallen relative to what the market used to buy.

The outlet frames the demand shift as the more troubling driver, suggesting that buyers are not seeking as much oil as in prior periods.

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