Have oil prices bottomed out?

Oil prices fell for most of last month as rising production in the US and in some OPEC countries weighed on investor sentiment. However, falling US stocks and a slight dip in the number of US drilling rigs for the first time this year boosted oil prices towards the end of the month.

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