Oil futures on major world trading floors after trades on December 24

/IRBIS. December 25. 09/ - By results of trades on December 24, 2009 oil futures made: ----------------------------------------------------------------- Change (in %) for ------------------------- since since Name Exchange 24.12.09 a day a month 2009 2008 ------------- ---------------- -------- ----- ------- ----- ----- Brent Forties Oseburg ICE (London) 76.31 +1.1 -0.2 +62.7 -22.0 Light Sweet Crude Oil NYMEX (New York) 78.05 +1.8 +2.7 +68.4 -21.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------- * November future price is considered * December future price is considered Oil prices again on the weakening U.S. dollar. Additional support has reported that the number of initial applications for unemployment insurance in the United States for the week ending Dec. 19 fell by 28 thousand to 452 thousand analysts' forecast was as would be decline by 10 thousand. Exchanges' data published in various information systems have been used to create this message. [2009-12-25]