<p><keyword id="6359072" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="oil">Oil</keyword> prices spent most of the day climbing steadily.</p>
<p>But then in the last few minutes of the NYMEX session, prices tanked.</p>
<p>The October futures contract ended closing down 1.2% for the day.</p>
<p>Here's the chart <a href="http://www.finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=CL&amp;p=m5">via FinViz</a>:</p>
<p><div class="image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/521fa301eab8ea6672ff5338-649-418/screen shot 2013-08-29 at 3.35.05 pm.png" border="0" alt="oil prices" /><p class="source"><a href="http://www.finviz.com/futures_charts.ashx?t=CL&amp;p=m5">FinViz</a></p></div></div></div></p>

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WHOA: What Just Happened To Oil Prices

Oil prices spent most of the day climbing steadily. But then in the last few minutes of the NYMEX session, prices tanked. The October futures contract ended closing down 1.2% for the day. Here's the chart via FinViz: FinViz

Oil prices spent most of the day climbing steadily. But then in the last few minutes of the NYMEX session, prices tanked.

WHOA: What Just Happened To Oil Prices

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