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Wall Street higher as oil prices drop

By Jeremy Lemer in New York

Published: August 5 2008 15:17 | Last updated: August 5 2008 22:22

Wall Street stocks snapped a three-session losing streak on Tuesday as oil prices fell to three month lows and the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold for a second straight meeting.

The move by the Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee to keep its benchmark interest rate at 2 per cent was widely anticipated.

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