Oil falls in European trading
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Crude oil prices fell Wednesday amid expectations that U.S. fuel supply data will show that gasoline stocks rose last week.
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World oil prices eased on Friday, with  shortened trading hours in New York and London, as traders  squared positions ahead of a long U.S. weekend.
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European shares closed lower on Thursday as oil and gas companies weighed down indexes already under pressure from transport stocks such as Air France-KLM.
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European stocks were slightly lower by mid-day in holiday-hit trading on Monday, with crude oil rises weighing on shares, though Sanofi-Aventis gained on the result of trials of an anti-obesity drug.
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Oil prices fell sharply on Monday in what traders described as a wave of profit-taking sparked by a steep decline in gasoline futures.
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Oil prices eased on Monday as top world exporter Saudi Arabia slashed prices for its crude sales to the United States and Europe in an effort to shift the large volumes it is offering to cool world markets.
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European stocks pared earlier sharp losses on Wednesday as recently sold-down financial stocks continued to find favour partially offsetting losses for oil companies.
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European stock markets were mostly lower in early trading after a lacklustre session on Wall Street overnight amid jitters over corporate earnings and resurgent oil prices.
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Oil prices fell Thursday, failing to top the $100-a-barrel mark, despite a larger-than-expected fall in crude inventories.
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Stocks ended lower yesterday as a sharp drop in the price of oil knocked down shares of energy-related companies, while the dollar resumed its decline, dropping to new lows against the euro.
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Oil dropped more than two dollars on Friday, weakened by selling in equity markets that raised doubts over energy demand and after a storm that halted exports from Oman lost power.
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European shares fell almost one percent  by midsession Monday, hurt by a profit warning from consumer  goods giant Unilever and surging energy costs, but oil  companies like BP rose with the price of crude.
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Oil prices fell in light trading yesterday , eased by the end of a Nigerian oil workers' strike over the weekend.
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European stocks dipped on Friday as oil  prices hugged 6-week highs, stoking concerns that higher energy  costs will squeeze corporate profits, with Germany's Epcos  leading the way down after saying it may miss its 2005 sales  and earnings targets.
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European shares retreated on Wednesday as  AstraZeneca's business update disappointed investors and on  nagging concerns that soaring oil prices will hurt the quality  of future earnings.
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European shares edged lower on Tuesday as seven-week high oil prices and a pullback in top UK supermarket Tesco weighed.
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Oil fell below $93 per barrel Monday in thin trade as mild weather swept across the key heating regions of the United States, cutting fuel demand.