NEW YORK - A cease-fire in Ukraine helped offset otherwise weak economic indices Feb. 12, giving oil prices more than a 3.5 percent lift early in the trading day.
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks following an IMF board meeting on Ukraine on April 30, 2014 at IMF Headquarters in Washington, DC.