New York crude oil futures prices closed down Wednesday to more than five weeks since the lowest level, the U.S. economy because investors worried about slower growth, and the report showed U.S. crude inventories increased.
Day, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 9, light sweet crude for January delivery fell $ 1.86, to close at $ 91.93 a barrel, down 1.9%, marking the main contract since June 27, the lowest closing price since that time New York crude oil futures prices closed at $ 90.61 a barrel. Over the past year, the New York crude oil futures prices rose by 11%.
London's ICE Futures Europe in September delivery Brent crude fell $ 3.23, to close at $ 113.23 a barrel, down 2.8 percent, the highest since June 23, the highest since the fall, when the International Energy Agency ( IEA) announced that its members would release 60 million barrels of crude oil inventory. By the closing price of Brent crude oil futures in New York light crude oil futures price and the difference between the price per barrel $ 21.30 from $ 22.67 a barrel yesterday, hitting the highest level down.
U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a report today that as of July 29 the week to 100 million barrels of crude oil inventories, analysts expected an increase of 200 million barrels a day; gasoline inventories rose 1.7 million barrels analysts expected to an increase of 35 million barrels; distillates (including diesel and heating oil) inventories increased 400,000 barrels, an increase of 1.8 million barrels analysts expected.
In other Nymex energy trading, September RBOB gasoline futures for May delivery fell 11 cents to close at $ 2.93 per gallon (about $ 0.77 per liter), down 3.5%; September delivery of heating oil futures fell 7 cents to close at $ 3.02 per gallon (about $ 0.80 per liter), down 2.4%; September natural gas futures fell 6 cents to close at per million British thermal units $ 4.09, down 1.6%. Energy Information Administration is scheduled for Thursday last week's natural gas inventory report. (Civil and military)