* WCS for June delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, traded between
$14.80 and $14.55 a barrel under WTI, according to brokerage
CalRock, tightening from the previous day when it traded between
$14.90 and $14.80 a barrel under the benchmark.
* Global oil prices fell 4%, extending steep losses from the
previous session after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest
rates and as investors fretted about the economy.
* That put the outright price of WCS just under $54 a
barrel, weakening from less than $61 a barrel at the start of
the week.
(Reporting by Nia Williams
Editing by Chris Reese)
May 3 (Reuters) - Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy
crude's discount to the benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI)
narrowed slightly on Wednesday:
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