WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Crude oil futures fell Monday, surrendering early gains as the U.S. dollar strengthened.
WTI light sweet crude oil was down 30 cents at $57 a barrel.
The National Association of Home Builders reported an unexpected improvement in homebuilder confidence in the month of December.
The report said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index jumped to 74 in December from a downwardly revised 69 in November.
With the unexpected increase, the housing market index reached its highest level since hitting 75 in July of 1999.
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