Oil Falls to $53, Fuel Costs Hit Economy
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Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, easing  U.S. crude to $53 a barrel, on signs that energy costs are  slowing the economic growth that fueled this year's sharp  increase in world fuel consumption.
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Oil fell below $71 a barrel on Friday, reversing an earlier gain, as restarting oil refinery units in top consumer the United States signaled an increase in gasoline supplies.
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Stocks fell on Friday after oil prices  climbed to a record over $53 a barrel and weaker-than-expected  U.S. job growth in September raised concerns about the  economy's strength with less than a month to go before the  presidential election.
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Crude oil fell from yesterday&#39;s record of $54.88 a barrel in New York amid concern that sustained high prices may slow economies and reduce demand for energy.
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Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, easing  U.S. crude below $53 a barrel, on signs that energy costs are  slowing the economic growth that fueled this year's sharp  increase in world petroleum consumption.
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Oil prices held near historic highs  over $53 a barrel on Tuesday, with global supplies hounded by  outages that were thwarting efforts to build U.S. heating oil  inventories ahead of the winter.
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Oil prices slipped Friday after a shockingly weak US employment report fanned worries about recession and demand in the world's biggest energy consumer.
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Oil fell more than a dollar to below $62 a barrel on Monday as healthy fuel inventories in top consumer the United States countered plans by OPEC members Nigeria and Venezuela to trim output.
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Oil prices fell nearly 1 percent to  below $93 a barrel on Tuesday, fading from their latest record  high as investors took profits from a rally fuelled by a  Mexican supply outage and the spiraling dollar.
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Oil prices reached $53 a barrel yesterday and have advanced more than 20 percent in a month, in large part because output in the Gulf of Mexico was hobbled by a hurricane and has not been restored as quickly as expected.
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After a month-long rally that repeatedly pushed oil prices to new highs, the cost of a barrel slumped for the fourth day in a row, dropping by nearly $2 to below $44.
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Oil futures prices sank nearly 5 percent Wednesday, dropping below $53 a barrel, as concerns about tight winter fuel supplies eased, at least temporarily, and traders turned their attention to rising US inventories of crude.
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Oil prices slid more than $3.50 a barrel  on Wednesday, the biggest drop since September 2001, as a  larger-than-expected build in U.S. heating stocks soothed  worries about a winter fuel deficit.
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Oil prices scaled new heights at $53 for US crude on Thursday on concerns over tight winter heating fuel supplies and an unexpected strike at Nigerian oil terminals.
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Oil slid below $63 a barrel on Friday   touching its lowest level since March as U.S. fuel stockpiles   grew ahead of winter and investors probed for a price that   would trigger an OPEC supply cut.
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Oil prices ended lower on Tuesday on signs that high energy costs are slowing the economic growth that has fueled this year's sharp increase in world oil consumption.
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Oil prices plunged more than $3 a barrel Wednesday -- the largest single-day decline in more than three years -- after the U.S. government reported large increases in the nation's fuel supply, easing fears of a supply crunch as winter approaches.