NEW YORK, June 14 morning news, New York crude oil futures prices ended lower on Monday, mainly because the market is still worried about the slowdown in economic growth will lead to crude oil and other energy products, demand fell and investors are waiting for is scheduled for later this week released when the United States and overseas macroeconomic data.
Day, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 7, light sweet crude for January delivery fell $ 1.99, to close at $ 97.30 a barrel, down 2 percent, the highest since May 17, the main crude oil futures prices since the lowest closing price . Compared to last year, New York crude oil futures prices rose 32%.
London's ICE Futures Europe July delivery price of Brent North Sea crude rose 32 cents to close at $ 119.10 a barrel, or 0.3%. In the past one year, the average Brent crude oil futures prices in New York light crude futures above $ 6.06 a barrel.
Although the dollar fell today, but failed to support the formation of the New York crude oil futures market. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) of the latest reported U.S. dollar index 74.775 points, down from Friday's 74.801 points. U.S. dollar against most major counterparties today weakness is due to investors on the Greek sovereign debt crisis, optimism seems to be enhanced to promote the euro rose.
In other Nymex energy trading, July RBOB gasoline futures for May delivery fell 2 cents to close at $ 2.99 per gallon (about $ 0.79 per liter), down 0.7%; July delivery of heating oil futures rose less than 1 cent to close at $ 3.10 per gallon (about $ 0.82 per liter); July natural gas futures fell 11 cents to close at per million British thermal units $ 4.65, drop of 2.3%. (Civil and military)