Beijing time on August 16 morning news, New York crude oil futures prices rose on Monday, nearly two weeks to close at the highest price, mainly due to the strong performance of U.S. stocks and the dollar fell.
        Day, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) 9 Light, sweet crude for January delivery rose $ 2.50 to close at $ 87.88 a barrel, or 2.9 percent, after hitting a high above $ 88 a barrel point. Compared to last year, New York crude oil futures prices have risen by 17%. In last week's trading in New York crude oil futures prices fell 1 percent, from August 3 to close at $ 87 a barrel has never been above.
        London's ICE Futures Europe in September delivery Brent crude futures rose $ 1.67, to close at $ 109.70 a barrel, or 1.6%. By the closing price of Brent crude oil futures in New York light crude oil futures price and the difference between the price of $ 21.82 per barrel, this difference was hit in the Aug. 11 record high of $ 25.54 per barrel.
        Today, the dollar fell, crude oil futures market, thus forming a support. Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) of the latest reported U.S. dollar index 73.869 points, down from Friday's 74.594 points. Moody's Analytics, Inc. today cut the second half of the U.S. economic growth prospects, according to the company's current projections, U.S. economic growth this year will be 2% growth rate in 2012 will be slightly higher than 3%. Moody's analyst had predicted that from now to 2012 U.S. economic growth of 3.5%.
        In other Nymex energy trading, September RBOB gasoline futures for May delivery rose 5 cents to close at $ 2.88 per gallon (about $ 0.76 per liter); September delivery of heating oil futures prices 4 cents to close at $ 2.94 per gallon (about $ 0.78 per liter); September natural gas futures prices fell 4 cents, per million British thermal units, $ 4.02, down 0.9%. (Civil and military)