* WCS for June delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, traded between $14.15 and $14.10 a barrel
under the benchmark, according to brokerage CalRock. On Thursday it settled at $14.30 a barrel
under WTI.
* Global oil prices rose on the day, but ended down for the third straight week after a
sharp fall earlier this week ahead of benchmark interest rate rises and on concern that the U.S.
banking crisis will slow the economy and sap fuel demand.
* That put the outright price of WCS just over $57 a barrel.
(Reporting by Nia Williams; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
May 5 (Reuters) - Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy crude's discount to the benchmark
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) tightened on Friday:
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