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West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery lost 30 cents to $59.14 on the New York Merc, while Brent for January lost 13 cents to $63.38 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $12.60 to WTI, down from a discount of $11.40. Natural gas for December lost seven cents to $4.47. The TSX energy index lost 1.48 points to close at 309.81.

Oil sands giant Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNQ) added 11 cents to $47.90 on 23.4 million shares, as it continued its charm offensive on the back of a shareholder open house two weeks ago. This time it sent executive chairman Murray Edwards to break bread with shareholders over lunch. One of the attendees was RBC analyst Greg Pardy, who in a new research note -- parts of which appeared in today's Globe and Mail, ensuring even more attention on the stock -- published a glowing recap of the "candid and insightful" session on "one of the largest and most successful energy producers globally."

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