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Oil Firms Still Gain from High Oil Prices

U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday

Oil Firms Still Gain from High Oil Prices

U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday after oil prices surged to a new record above $44 per barrel, and a report about sharp slide in U.S. consumer spending in June.

The record high oil prices sent shares of US large oil companies ChevronTexaco, ConocoPhillips Co. and Exxon Mobil to 52-week highs.

Michael Metz, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer & Co., does not believe that this is very bad news, because he supposes this situation is temporary: "The high price of oil is a factor affecting the consumer spending but I think a lot of traders feel this is a temporary aberration.?

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