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West Texas Intermediate for April delivery lost as much as 2.8 percent to $43.57 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and was at $44.62 at 10:33 a.m. London time. The contract fell $2.21 to $44.84 on Friday, capping a 9.6 percent loss for the week, the most since December. The volume of all futures traded was about 30 percent above the 100-day average for the time of day. Prices have decreased 16 percent this year.