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Crude oil prices finished down Wednesday after a whirlwind day of what influenced investors. First, there were reports Israel was preparing to strike Iranian nuclear facilities and that drove up prices earlier in the day.
By closing time, prices were down because there came word that the new round of nuclear talks between Iran and the U.S. would occur later this week.
West Texas Intermediate crude ended up falling 46 cents or 0.7% to $61.57 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Brent crude, the global benchmark, finished down 47 cents or 0.7% to $64.91 a barrel.
Natural gas prices finished down 6 cents for a 1.69% loss to $3.37.
Nearly all of the Oklahoma energy stocks finished Wednesday in negative territory with some of the big losers being NGL Energy down more than 9%, Helmerich & Payne down 6% and Vital Energy down more than 5%.