Market sinks on $100 oil
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Stocks plunged on the first trading day of 2008 on Wednesday after oil hit $100 a barrel and U.S. manufacturing data showed signs of contraction, raising fears the economy may be heading into recession.
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Oil fell below $88 on Monday as financial markets tumbled on fresh concerns over the health of the U.S. economy.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday after  leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before amid a  new-year rush of investor demand fuelled by expectations of  thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling U.S. dollar and  geopolitical risks.
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Wall Street gave up a big early advance after oil prices closed above $100 for the first time and stoked fears that inflation will stymie an already troubled economy.
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Oil held near its lifetime high of $100 a barrel on Thursday, fuelled by expectations of another fall in U.S. fuel stocks and a struggling dollar.
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Oil futures retreated from record levels Wednesday as investors, rethinking crude's ability to keep climbing past $100, decided to cash in some of their profits from the market's huge advance.
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Crude oil futures prices tumbled more than a dollar to settle at less than $48/bbl on the New York Mercantile Exchange Thursday after a week that saw prices swing up and down frequently.
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Oil prices vaulted to a record $100 a barrel on Wednesday as violence in Nigeria, tight energy stockpiles and a weaker dollar triggered a surge of speculative buying, dealers said.
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Oil fell more than $1 a barrel on Friday from its $100 lifetime high as gloomy U.S. jobs data heightened concern about a slowdown in the world's top consumer that could dampen fuel demand.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as crude oil prices rose to a record above $100 a barrel, erasing an earlier rally on concern that higher energy costs could fan inflation and crimp consumer spending and profits.
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Oil  prices ease after hitting $100 a barrel as the weak dollar and violence in Nigeria and Algeria boost prices.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday, after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before, fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling dollar and geopolitical risks.
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The FTSE 100 is expected to fall after a sharp sell-off in the US on Friday and amid continued strength in the price of oil. Financial bookmakers forecast the FTSE 100 .
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Oil fell on Thursday as traders took profits from a record rally that had pushed oil to $100 a barrel two days in a row -- a level that has raised a red flag over global economic growth.
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Oil prices fell over a dollar on  Thursday, tumbling from a two-week high as traders took profits  after dramatic gains on Wednesday driven by renewed fears over  fuel supplies for the northern winter.
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Crude oil closed above $100 a barrel on Tuesday, vaulting through a longstanding psychological barrier amid concern about whether production can keep up with global demand.
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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.