Crude oil spikes back above $60 a barrel

Crude oil prices are back above $60 a barrel for the first time since December.

In early trade on Tuesday, the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil was up about 2% to above $60 a barrel for the first time in about 5 months as prices have continued to creep higher after WTI hit a low of $43 back in March.

Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, is trading at around $67 a barrel.

The latest rally in crude comes after Saudi Arabia's oil minister Ali Al-Naimi said that oil prices aren't set by OPEC or anyone else in the market, saying that oil prices are "up to Allah."

Here's the price of WTI on Tuesday.

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And here's the move higher in oil prices since the bottom in March.

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(FinViz)

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