Nearest oil futures prices decreased by 3.10% - 3.29% on major world trading floors

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, July 24, 08/ - By the results of trades of July 23 this year: - on NYMEX (New York) the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil mixture with delivery in September 2008 decreased by 3.10 % to $124.44 per barrel; - on ICE (London) price of September Brent Forties Oseburg futures fell by 3.29 % to $125.29 per barrel On Wednesday, USA Ministry of Energy published weekly report, which says that oil reserves in the country fell by 1.6 m. barrels to 295.3 m. barrels; commodity reserves of car petrol increased by 2.9 m. barrels and product of distillation reserves, including residual fuel oil and aviation fuel grew by 2.4 m. barrels. Earlier, analysts forecast decreasing of USA crude oil reserves by 1.9 m. barrels. The data of exchanges, published in various information systems, have been used to create this message. [2008-07-24]