TOKYO -- Ten months after turning negative for the first time in history, oil prices are floating up to their pre-COVID level, driven by vaccine optimism and oil producers' output cuts.
West Texas Intermediate reached $60 a barrel at one point this month, up 60% from October and the highest level since January 2020, before the novel coronavirus raced around the world and hammered economies.
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