Oil prices rose to a new 2015 high Thursday, capping their best-performing month in years, as traders bet that U.S. crude-oil supplies are near a peak. Light, sweet crude for June delivery settled up $1.05, or 1.8%, at $59.63 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since Dec. 11. Prices rose 25% for the month, the largest monthly percentage gain since May 2009. Brent crude, the global benchmark, rose 94 cents, or 1.4%, to $66.78 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange, the highest level since Dec. 9. Prices rose 21% this month. Both benchmarks remain more than 40% below their June 2014 peaks. U.S. oil stockpiles rose by 1.9 million barrels last week to 490.1 million barrels, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday. The increase […]