PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Energy in focus after US strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro

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Goldman Sachs says Venezuela's oil production could increase in the long term and that scope for higher Venezuelan oil output could eventually pressure prices, according to Bloomberg

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[MARKET UPDATE] Oil prices are pressured at the reopen with WTI crude futures falling by as much as 1% but are off their lows, following the US strike on Venezuela over the weekend and removal of President Maduro

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PRE-MARKET AUSTRALIAN STOCKS NEWS: Energy in focus after US strike on Venezuela and capture of Maduro

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