OIL FUTURES: Crude Around 5-Week Low; Dollar, Economy Weigh - Wall Street Journal

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Crude-oil prices hovered around their lowest levels in five weeks Thursday due to a stronger dollar and persisting worries over the U.S. economy.

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On the New York Mercantile Exchange, light, sweet crude futures for delivery in September traded at $91.86 a barrel at 0728 GMT, down $0.07 in the Globex electronic session. September Brent crude on London's ICE Futures exchange rose $0.20 to $113.43 a barrel. Buying foreclosed homes as investment properties has long been dominated by mom-and-pop investors. But now hedge funds, private-equity firms, pension funds and university endowments are dipping into that market.

OIL FUTURES: Crude Around 5-Week Low; Dollar, Economy Weigh - Wall Street Journal