Nearest oil futures prices decreased by 1.82% - 1.89% on the major world trading floors

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, April 25, 08/ - By the results of trades of April 24 of the current year: - on NYMEX (New York) the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil mixture with delivery in June 2008 decreased by 1.89% to $116.06 per barrel; - on ICE (London) price of June Brent Forties Oseburg futures decreased by 1.82% to $114.34 per barrel On Thursday oil prices decreased, which was provoked by US dollar rate appreciation relative to the main world currencies - euro decreased to $1.5661, British pound sterling to $1.9709. Dollar index increased from 71.848 to 72.621. Mentioned appreciation was provoked by announcement of the head of European Central Bank Zhan-Klode Trishe; by his words, ECB will make efforts for restraining of the US dollar weakening relative to euro. The data of exchanges, published in various information systems, were used to create this message. [2008-04-25]