Oil futures on major world trading floors after trades on June 4

/IRBIS, Dinara Mukasheva, June 5, 09/ - By results of trades on June 4, 2009 oil futures made: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ---------------------------- since since Name Exchange 04.06.09 a day a month 2009 2008 ------------- ---------------- -------- ----- ------- ----- ----- Brent Forties Oseburg* ICE (London) 68.71 +4.3 +27.0 +46.5 -29.8 Light Sweet Crude Oil** NYMEX (New York) 68.81 +4.1 +27.8 +48.5 -30.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *July future price is considered **June future price is considered Oil prices rose sharply on optimistic macroeconomic reports. The number of Americans filing first- time claims for unemployment benefits fell by 4,000 to 621,000 in the week ending May 30. Goldman Sach Group Inc. raised forecast on oil price by 31 % to $85 a barrel by the end of 2009. It supported the oil price growth. Exchanges' data published in various information systems have been used to create this message. [2009-06-05]