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Oil prices turned finished lower Tuesday in up-and-down trade, as investors digested a report from the International Energy Agency forecasting strong global crude demand amid rising production from non-OPEC countries. March West Texas Intermediate crude oil finished off 10 cents, or 0.2%, at $59.19 a barrel. The IEA said an inundation of the market from outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, mostly driven by shale-oil producers in the U.S., might resemble a period back in 2014, when ballooning production capsized crude prices. The report also was upbeat on demand.

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