Beijing time on August 6 morning news, New York crude oil (84.48-1.19-1.39%) futures prices ended slightly higher Friday, as the U.S. Labor Department employment report was better than analysts had expected.
Day, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 9 Light, sweet crude for January delivery rose 25 cents to close at $ 86.88 a barrel, or 0.3 percent, reversing the previous downward trend for five consecutive trading days, disk highest touched $ 88.32 a barrel, the lowest hit $ 82.87 a barrel. In this week's trading in New York crude oil futures prices fell 9.2 percent, the highest since May 6 as the highest since the week weekly fall.
London's ICE Futures Europe in September delivery Brent crude futures rose $ 2.12 to close at $ 109.37 a barrel, or 0.2 percent, in this week's trading down 6.3%. By the closing price of Brent crude oil futures in New York light crude oil futures price and the difference between the price of $ 22.49 per barrel, the difference in the August 2, hit a record high of $ 22.67 per barrel level.
U.S. Labor Department report released today, non-farm payrolls in July, the chain increased 11.7 million, exceeding economists by Thomson Reuters on average expected increase of 8.5 million people; the unemployment rate was 9.1%, 9.2% less than 6 months, analysis Teachers are expected to maintain 9.2% unchanged.
In other Nymex energy trading, September RBOB gasoline futures for May delivery rose 7 cents to close at $ 2.81 per gallon (about $ 0.74 per liter), or 2.5%, but in this week's trading down 9.6%; September delivery of heating oil futures rose 5 cents to close at $ 2.94 per gallon (about $ 0.78 per liter), or 1.7%, in this week's trading down 5.2%; September natural gas futures prices were flat per million British thermal units $ 3.94, in this week's trading down 5.1%. (Civil and military)