Oil futures on major world trading floors after trades on April 16

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, April 17, 09/ - By results of trades on April 16, 2009 oil futures made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------- since since Name Exchange 16.04.09 a day a month 2009 2008 ------------- ---------------- -------- ----- ------- ----- ----- Brent Forties Oseburg* ICE (London) 53.06 +2.5 +10.0 +13.1 -45.8 Light Sweet Crude Oil** NYMEX (New York) 49.98 +1.5 +1.7 +7.9 -49.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * June future price is considered **May future price is considered Oil grew on the report of the USA Ministry of Labor saying that number of first applications for unemployment payment reduced by 53 th. to 610 th. over the last week. Earlier, analysts expected this indicator to make 658 th. The USA financial sector news supported the growth of oil quotations - on Thursday JPMorgan Chase disseminated financial report for Q1 2009. According to it, net profit of JPMorgan reduced by 10 % to $2.1 bn, profit for a share made $0.40. Earlier, analysts expected more pessimistic results - $0.28 - $0.30 per share. Exchanges' data published in various information systems have been used to create this message. [2009-04-17]