Oil futures on major world trading floors after trades on June 3

04.06.09 09:59
/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, June 4, 09/ - By results of trades on June 3, 2009 oil futures made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------- since since Name Exchange 03.06.09 a day a month 2009 2008 ------------- ---------------- -------- ----- ------- ----- ----- Brent Forties Oseburg* ICE (London) 65.88 -3.4 +20.7 +40.4 -32.7 Light Sweet Crude Oil** NYMEX (New York) 66.12 -3.5 +21.4 +42.7 -33.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------- *July future price is considered **June future price is considered Oil prices dropped sharply after a publication report of Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the Department of Energy. According to the report, oil reserves in the USA increased by 2.9 million barrels to 366 million, petrol reserves declined by 200 thousand barrels to 203.2 million and distillates reserves rose by 1.6 million barrels to 150 million. Analysts interviewed by Platts agency, expected that oil reserves will fall by 2.0 million barrels. Reuters survey showed that experts predict decline of oil reserves by 1.4 million barrels. Exchanges' data published in various information systems have been used to create this message. [2009-06-04]