Nearest oil futures prices increase 1.99 % - 2.03 % on major world trading floors

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, June 19, 08/ - By the results of trades of June 18 this year: - on NYMEX (New York) the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil mixture with delivery in July 2008 decreased by 1.99 % to $136.68 per barrel; - on ICE (London) price of August Brent Forties Oseburg futures increased by 2.03 % to $136.44 per barrel On June 18, the USA Ministry of Energy's weekly report forced oil quotations to rise. According to the Ministry of Economy oil reserves decreased by 1.2 m. to 301.0 m. barrels, commodity reserves of car petrol reduced by 1.2 m. to 208.9 m. barrels, production ratio of oil processing companies increased from 88.6 % to 89.3 %. Earlier, experts forecast decreasing of crude oil reserves by 2 m. barrels and increasing of petrol reserves by 950 th. barrels. The data of exchanges, published in various information systems, were used to create this message. [2008-06-19]