/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, October 22, 09/ - By results of trades on October 21, 2009 oil futures made:

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                                                Change (in %) for
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                                                      since since
Name          Exchange         21.10.09 a day a month  2009  2008
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Brent Forties
Oseburg       ICE (London)        77.24  -0.7    +8.3 +64.7 -21.1
Light Sweet
Crude Oil     NYMEX (New York)    79.09  -0.7    +9.8 +70.7 -20.6
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 * November future price is considered
 * December future price is considered

Oil prices fell after the publication of the traditional report on changes in stocks of petroleum and petroleum products in the U.S. for the previous week. According to the report of Energy Information Administration (EIA), oil reserves in the United States rose by 1.3 million barrels to 339.1 million barrels for week ending at Oct. 16. Gasoline inventories fell to 2.3 m. barrels to 206.9 million barrels, distillate stocks also fell by 800 thousand barrels to 169.9 million barrels. Analysts polled by REUTERS, expected that oil will grow by 1.8 million barrels, gasoline inventories fall by 1.0 million barrels, while distillate stocks - by 1.3 million barrels.

Exchanges' data published in various information systems have been used to create this message.

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