Nearest oil futures prices surge by 5.07 % - 5.39 % on major world trading floors

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, August 22, 08/ - By the results of trades of August 21 this year: - on NYMEX (New York) the price of Light Sweet Crude Oil mixture with delivery in October 2008 increased by 5.39 % to $121.18 per barrel; - on ICE (London) price of October Brent Forties Oseburg futures grew by 5.07 % to $120.16 per barrel Oil sharply grew on geopolitical tension between USA and Russia - on Wednesday the USA and Poland signed the agreement on placement of antimissile defense shield on the Poland territory. Analysts suppose the Russian administration will consider this measure as aggression. American-Russian worsening relations were trigged by escalation of the Georgian- Russian conflict in South Ossetia. The data of exchanges, published in various information systems, have been used to create this message. [2008-08-22]