Oil prices end higher, lifted by fall of Syria’s Assad and China’s stimulus plans

Oil futures finished higher on Monday after China eased its overall monetary-policy stance for the first time in 14 years, as the nation’s Politburo vowed more forceful measures to boost the economy of the world’s largest crude importer.

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