Oil And Gold Analysis: Oil Ends Modestly On Friday, Gold Gains

 | Apr 27, 2015 05:14AM ET

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Crude oil were mixed on Friday, with London-traded Brent prices hitting the highest level of the year, while New York oil ended modestly lower as investors cashed out of the market to lock in gains from a recent rally, U.S. oil futures have risen almost 16% in April due to mounting expectations that U.S. shale oil production has peaked and may start falling in the coming months amid an ongoing collapse in rigs drilling for oil.