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U.S. crude futures settle lower on demand concerns


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures settled lower on Thursday as weak third-quarter economic data rekindled concerns about oil demand being curbed.

    The dollar's bounce off its lows also helped crude futures retreat after U.S. GDP data showed a contraction in the third quarter, even though the contraction was not as bad as Wall Street had expected.

    On the New York Mercantile Exchange, December crude fell $1.54, or 2.28 percent, to settle at $65.96 a barrel, trading from $64.04 to $70.60.

    (Reporting by Robert Gibbons)