Crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil.
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Examples for "benchmark "
Examples for "benchmark "
1 National benchmark indexes rose across Western Europe except in Spain and Italy.
2 And today Ireland must pay investors more than that German benchmark rate.
3 The EU should set the benchmark , not follow it, the official said.
4 Tuesday's bond issue strengthens liquidity in the 30-year benchmark , the government said.
5 The benchmark MSCI emerging market index is down 10 percent this year.
1 Bakken oil currently costs about 20 cents less than U.S. benchmark crude .
2 The benchmark crude oil margin the company used slipped 41 percent.
3 Most analysts say the benchmark crude is unlikely to see fresh lows this year.
4 Most foreign grades are priced against Brent, Europe's benchmark crude .
5 Forcados is one of Nigeria's benchmark crude oil grades but output has been interrupted by militant attacks before.
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