NYMEX crude oil futures closed down 0.2% from 19 to close at $ 82.26 a barrel, disk volatility, weaker U.S. dollar provided some support.
Integrated media reported on August 19, the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) crude oil futures ended slightly down from 19, following the stock market lower, but the formation of a weaker dollar on the market some support.
NYMEX 9 月份, light sweet crude fell 12 cents to close at $ 82.26 a barrel, down 0.2 percent, the highest since August 9, the lowest closing price since, after earlier touching a minimum $ 79.17 per barrel this week a decrease of 3.7%. ICE Brent crude futures rose $ 1.76 to $ 108.75 a barrel.
Rebound from the low dollar, but failed to stop the New York crude oil prices. Disk volatility of market conditions that related to concerns about economic growth and relatively strong demand for crude oil of these two forces is the game.
According to Dow Jones Newswires reported on August 19, weeks, $ 80 crude oil futures has been a strong support level; traders pointed out that if crude oil futures fell more than $ 70, are expected to be buying there.
In addition, the Gaddafi (Moammar Gadhafi) and his family planned to leave Libya news shocked the market. The news may mean, from Libya since the outbreak of civil war earlier this year, the country's oil production finally moving in the level of return of 1.7 million barrels a day the first step.
In other energy trading, September RBOB gasoline futures rose 6 cents to close at $ 2.84 per gallon, or 2.1 percent, down 0.7% this week; September heating oil futures rose 3 cents to at $ 2.90 per gallon, or 1 percent, flat with last week's closing price. (Zhibo)