Oil Is Steady After Reaching Record $129.60 on Supply Concerns
By Christian Schmollinger
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil was little changed in New York trading after rising to a record $129.60 a barrel yesterday on concern fuel supplies are insufficient to meet demand during the Northern Hemisphere summer.
U.S. gasoline consumption has climbed 1.6 percent since the week ended April 25 as inventories dropped 12 percent from a 14- year high in March, according to the Department of Energy. Domestic refineries probably operated last week at their highest rates since the week ended Jan. 4, according to a Bloomberg News survey of analysts.
``The key game at the moment is gasoline, particularly as we move into the peak driving season,'' said Mark Pervan, a senior commodity analyst at Australia New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. in Melbourne. ``Refinery rates are starting to pick up and we've seen quite a healthy correction in gasoline stocks so the picture in the U.S. looks supportive for strong prices.''
Crude oil for July delivery was at $129.09 a barrel, up 11 cents, at 11:21 a.m. in Singapore in after-hours trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Yesterday, June futures rose $2.02, or 1.6 percent, to expire at $129.07 a barrel after reaching an all-time high. Prices have risen 95 percent from a year ago. A strengthening of the euro against the dollar also boosted oil prices.
Contracts for delivery in 2011 and 2012 rose more than 4 percent, a signal that investors don't expect prices to drop. The contract for December 2016 climbed $8.40, or 6.5 percent, to $138.38 a barrel yesterday.
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To contact the reporter on this story: Christian Schmollinger in Singapore at Christian.s@bloomberg.net.
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позитив!
по поводу РД ...
на этом же форуме писали когда будет собрание и отсечка для дивидендов
если не сложно повторите эту информацию, заранее спасибо
Сообщение отредактировал wgm: 21 May 2008 - 11:11